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REPORTS 



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MARCH, 1899 



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CONTENTS 



List of Officers 

Report of Relief Committee 
Treasurer's Report ..... 
Report of Yacht " Red Cross " . 
Woman's Committee on Auxiliaries . 

Supply Committee 

Special Work for Returned Soldiers 

Reports of Auxiliaries .... 

Map of Supplies Received from Auxiliaries 

Dr. Lesser's Report ..... 

Camp Alger and Washington, D. C. . 

Fort McPherson, Ga. 

Jacksonville, Fla. . 

Camp Hobson, Ga. . 

Camp Thomas, Ga. . 

MoNTAUK Point 

Long Island City Relief Station 

Miss Chanler's Porto Rico Report 

Porto Rico ..... 

Map of Supplies Sent to Camps 

Supplies Received from Individuals, Firms, etc 

Contributions of Money ..... 



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AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS RELIEF 
COMMITTEE 



Chairman 
Vice-Chairman 
Vice-Chairman. 
Secretary . 
Treasurer . 
Assistant Treasurer 



OFFICERS 

Rt. Rev. HENRY C. POTTER, D.D., LL.D. 

ALEXANDER E. ORR 

WILLIAM T. WARDWELL 

JOHN P. FAURE 

FREDERICK D. TAPPEN 

SAMUEL WOOLVERTON 



MEMBERS 



Dr. Felix Adler 

Bishop Edward G. Andrews 

Stephen E. Barton 

August Belmont 

Joseph H. Choate 

William P. Clyde 

John D. Crimmins 

Chauncey M. Depew 

Cleveland H. Dodge 

John P. Faure 

Edwin Gould 

Clement A. Griscom. Jr. 

John S. Huyler 

Morris K. Jesup 

Edwin Langdon 

Dr. A. M. Lesser 

William G. Low 

Rev. Sylvester Malone 

J. Pierpont Morgan 



Levi P. Morton 

Alexander E. Orr 

Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

Percy R. Pyne 

Douglas Robinson 

John D. Rockefeller 

Archibald D. Russell 

F. Augustus Schermerhorn 

Jacob A. Schiff 

Gustav H. Schwab 

Charles Stewart Smith 

Dr. George F. Shrady 

James Speyer 

William R. Stewart 

A. S. Solomons 

Frederick D. Tappen 

Howard Townsend 

Dr. T. Gaillard Thomas 

William T. Wardwell 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



William T. Wardwell, Chairman 
Cleveland H. Dodge 
William G. Low 
Alexander E. Orr 
Douglas Robinson 
Dr. George F. Shrady 
Frederick D. Tappen 



John P. Faure, Secretary 

Dr, a. M. Lesser 

Levi P. Morton 

Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., LL.D. 

Gustav H. Schwab 

A. S. Solomons 

Howard Townsend 



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FINANCE COMMITTEE 

J. PIERPONT MORGAN, Chairman 

Frederick D. Tappen, Vice-Chairman August Belmont 

James Speyer Gustav H. Schwab 

Edwin Langdon Levi P. Morton 

SUPPLY COMMITTEE 

Cleveland H. Dodge, Chairman Helen Fidelia Hoffman, Secretary 

Mrs. \V. S. CowLEs Dr. George F. Shrady 

Mrs. John L. Gardiner A. S. Solomons 

Percy R. Pyne Howard Townsend 

And the Presidents of the Auxiliary Committees, ex officio. 

WOMAN'S COMMITTEE ON AUXILIARIES 

Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner, Chairman. 
Mrs. Paul Dana, Secretary. 
Miss Martha Lincoln Draper, Treasurer. 
Mrs. Butler Duncan Mrs. W. S. Cowles 

Mrs. James W, Gerard Mrs. Winthrop Cowdin 

Mrs. Bettina Hofker-Lesser Mrs. Levi P. Morton 

Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan Mrs. Henry C. Potter 

Dr. Lucy Hall Brown Mrs. G. F. Shrady 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

In response to a very generally expressed request, the officials con- 
nected with and representative of the various departments of work done 
under the name or banner of the Red Cross during the year 1898, have 
undertaken to prepare a record or history of the work so done. 

The work of the Supply Committee and of the various auxiliaries was 
naturally most prominently before the public, and yet the value of the 
records and a consecutive history of the various steps by which the first 
impulses or conceptions of the work grew into a systematized force, are 
deemed worthy of a place in the history described, and to this end a 
sketch from the standpoint of the Secretary's records is compiled. 

Pursuant to the thought contained in the preceding sentence, it is re- 
corded that at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the New York Red 
Cross Hospital, held at the residence of Dr. A. M. Lesser, 19 East 6ist 
Street, on the evening of April 23d, 1898, the following entry appears on 
the Minutes : 

"After discussion on the emergent conditions confronting the country, 
owing to the war with Spain, the following action was taken, on motion of 
Dr. Lesser, seconded by Mr. Faure : 

^'Resolved: That the President, Vice-President, Executive Surgeon, 
Sister-in-Chief, and Trustee John P. Faure, with Mrs. John King Van 
Rensselaer and Mrs. Coralie S. Gardiner be, and they hereby are, ap- 
pointed a Committee to have charge of all matters relating to the present 
emergencies growing out of the existing war with Spain. Carried^ 

At the ensuing meeting of the same Board, held on April 24th, the 
Minutes record as follows : 

" The President presented the following draft of statement to be used 
in carrying into effect the purposes set forth in the resolution adopted at 
the meeting held the 23d of April, in relation to the existing emergency 
growing out of the war with Spain, which was unanimously approved and 
adopted : 

The New York Red Cross Hospital having been designated by Miss 
Clara Barton, President of the American National Red Cross, as the 
central organization to provide physicians, surgeons, nurses, and such 
material as may be needed in field hospital service wherever required by 



the Government authorities, and to receive subscriptions of money that 
may be tendered for such necessary material in case of war ; now, there- 
fore, in accordance with such selection and in order to combine and make 
effectual the enthusiasm and desire for helpfulness of the great body of 
the people of this nation, and in order that the people may have entire 
confidence that the money collected shall be faithfully used for field 
hospital service in case of war, the following gentlemen have consented to 
act as a Finance Committee to have entire charge of the use of such funds, 
and with power to appoint auxiliary committees of ladies in New York, 
and to invite the co-operation of similar committees in other states and 
cities of the nation.' " 

The President of the Hospital, Mr. Wm. T. Wardwell, was authorized 
to select fifteen gentlemen under the resolution above described, and the 
first meeting for organization of such Committee was held at the Man- 
hattan Hotel, corner Madison Avenue and Forty-second Street, on 
Tuesday, May 3d, at 4.30 p.m., " For the purpose of organization, the ap- 
pointment of committees, and the outlining and adoption of measures 
necessary to carry on the work of the Committee." 

The following nine persons were present at such meeting : 

Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., LL.D,, Bishop of New York ; Messrs. 
Alexander E. Orr, William T. Wardwell, John P. Faure, Morris K. Jesup, 
A. S. Solomons, John S. Huyler, Dr. George F. Shrady, Dr. A. M, Lesser. 

" On motion of Mr. Morris K. Jesup, Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., 
LL.D., and Mr. Faure were elected respectively as temporary Chairman and 
temporary Secretary of the meeting. Messrs. Wardwell and Jesup, and Dr. 
Shrady were appointed a Committee to nominate permanent officers. 

" The first recommendation of this Committee was that the size of the 
Committee be increased to twenty-five, and they nominated the following 
ten persons, who were promptly and unanimously elected : 

" Hon. Levi P. Morton, Hon. Wm. R. Stewart, Messrs. Jacob H. Schiff, 
Charles Stewart Smith, D. Willis James, William G. Low, Edwin Gould, 
John S. Kennedy, Bishop Edward G. Andrews, Rev. Sylvester Malone, 
of St. Peter's Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

" In the further discharge of their duties, the Committee recommended 
the following officers : 

" C/iair/fian, Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., LL.D.; Vice-Chairman, 
Alexander E. Orr ; Secretary, John P. Faure ; Treasurer, Frederick D. 
Tappen. 

" It was then moved and seconded that a second Vice-Chairmanship 
be created, which motion was adopted, and Mr. William T. Wardwell was 
nominated to fill such position, after which the officers above nominated 
were unanimously elected. 



" The creation of an Executive Committee of five, to be appointed 
by the Chair was unanimously carried, and the Chair appointed such 
Committee as follows : 

" Mr. William T. Wardwell, Dr. George F. Shrady, Mr. A. S. Solomons, 
Dr. A. M. Lesser, Mr. John P. Faure. 

" The title of 
'AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS RELIEF COMMITTEE' 
was unanimously adopted as the name or title of the Committee thus 
organized. 

" The Secretary reported that Mr. Edwin Langdon, President of the 
Central National Bank, No. 320 Broadway, had tendered the use of a 
room in that building for the business office of the Committee, which 
offer was accepted with thanks." 

The foregoing briefly covers the successive steps which brought into 
organized existence this Committee, whose labors were destined to become 
so important a factor in one phase of the brief conflict known as " The 
War with Spain." 

With the motto of ''place aux dames " before him, the Secretary feels 
bound to record that the first important step taken by this Committee was 
the appointment of the "Woman's Committee on Auxiliaries" by the 
adoption of the following resolution, and the appointment of the follow- 
ing Committee under its provisions : 

''Resolved : That Mrs. J. Lyon Gardiner, Mrs. George F. Shrady, Mrs. 
Bettina Hofker-Lesser, Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Levi P. 
Morton, Mrs. Paul Dana, Mrs. James W. Gerard, Mrs. Henry C. Potter, 
and Mrs. Butler Duncan be appointed a Committee charged with the duty 
of organizing Auxiliary Committees of Women throughout the United 
States, to assist in Red Cross work, under the direction of this Committee, 
with the request that they shall keep this Committee advised of their 
actions. 

"Resolved : That in the judgment of the Executive Committee, the 
efforts of the Woman's Auxiliary Committees should be directed to the 
collecting of money, to be used in any form of Red Cross work that may 
be necessary in field or hospital service, and the money so collected should 
be deposited with the Treasurer of the General Committee, Mr. Frederick 
D. Tappen, President Gallatin National Bank, New York City. 

" Resolved : Should, however, any Auxiliary Committees desire to 
raise a fund for special purposes, such as an ambulance corps or special 
hospital material, the funds so raised should be deposited with the 
Treasurer of the General Committee, to be so specially used whenever they 
may be required ; but should no emergency arise requiring the use of the 
funds for such special purpose, they may be applied to any Red Cross 



work decided to be most important, with the consent of the Auxiliary- 
Committee collecting them." 

The magnificent character and extent of the work of this Committee, 
and the superb list of Auxiliaries that grew from this germ are dealt with 
in a report of that work prepared by other hands, but the Secretary's data 
would be glaringly incomplete without early recognition in his report of 
this, which may safely be described as the most important and productive 
single act taken by the Committee during its entire existence. 

It is not the purpose of this report to pretend to deal with or describe 
the daily routine of the Secretary's office, and yet " Room 312, Central 
National Bank Building, No. 320 Broadway," rapidly became the centre, 
not only of much earnest thought and active work, but became the 
scene of many phases of not only Metropolitan, but National life, with its 
best impulses stirred to do something for the relief and benefit of those 
who were upholding the flag both on land and sea. 

One of the first formal steps taken by the Executive Committee, duly 
approved by the American National Red Cross Relief Committee, was 
the preparation and issue of an Appeal, many thousands of which were 
mailed to carefully selected lists of names, and many and various were 
the sources from which lists were selected — sub-divisions of the business 
directory, social register, co-partnership lists, club lists, etc., were 
scanned, and thousands upon thousands of Appeals fluttered out from 
busy hands in this office. 

A skilled and competent office staff was selected, carefully studied 
books for record of contributions were prepared, press copy books for 
duplicate record of every contribution were kept, and daily deposits were 
made with the Treasurer of funds that flowed into the Secretary's office 
in sums that varied as much in their amounts as they did in their sources. 

It was a delightful study of human nature to note the kaleidoscopic 
scope of this variety. Side by side with a check for thousands of dollars 
from a great banking house would come a grimy envelope with a few 
cents in postage stamps from some humble worker in a sweat shop on the 
East Side. The next mail would include the proceeds of an amateur 
musical or theatrical entertainment at a seaside or mountain resort, 
rendered and patronized by representatives of the social world ; the next 
envelope would contain a few cents, representing the proceeds of a 
" Lemonade Sale " by gamins, conducted on the sidewalk of a hot street 
in a crowded portion of the city, to be followed by a check in four figures 
from some great organization like Auxiliary No. 17, the First Pennsylvania 
Auxiliary of Pittsburg, whose wonderful organization brought and held 
together the best social, religious and financial impulses of that good city ; 
and then would come a letter from " some colored ladies of Kansas City, 



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Kansas," with a modest contribution, and offer of whatever work might be 
given them to do. Many Americans summering abroad sent contributions 
to the Committee, either directly or through their attorneys. These few 
instances will indicate the great oneness of thought at many points, which 
showed how clearly the work of this Committee had touched a popular and 
national chord in the hearts of the people. 

Correspondence containing detailed questions from would-be helpers in 
all parts of the country was daily received and promptly forwarded to the 
Auxiliaries best fitted to reply to the inquiries. 

Daily calls were made for many weeks by the ubiquitous and never 
tiring representatives of the metropolitan press, all eager for the latest bit 
of "Red Cross news." Great were the demands on the patience of the 
Secretary and his assistants in giving important items to successive press 
representatives, and at times their importunities for news when there was 
none, sorely taxed the office, in order to seemingly satisfy the insistence 
of the reporter that " Something must be printed." 

It is but fair to say, however, that very much of the promptitude and 
volume of the response to the Committee's Appeals was due to the fulness 
and interest with which the cause was represented by the press, and no 
history of the Secretarial Department of this work would be fairly or justly 
made without such acknowledgment. 

After the work in the Secretary's office had become thoroughly organ- 
ized, there was much of routine and sameness to the daily receipt of 
contributions, their delivery to the Treasurer, and the forwarding of a 
numbered receipt to each donor accompanied with a letter of thanks. All 
was not routine in the office, however, for it soon became a favorite 
camping ground by turns of the crank, the would-be vender of novelties 
for office work, and representatives of schemes for a division of spoils. 
The scope of these conceptions seemed never ending. The proprietor 
of a bicycle track, who wanted to organize a week's tournament, 
who sketched the number of thousands who would daily attend, and who 
presented glowing figures of the large percentage that the Red Cross 
would get and the small percentage that the proprietor wanted ; the 
advance agent of the soprano or contralto (as the case might be) singer, 
who proposed to delight temporary residents of the Atlantic Coast 
seaside resorts, and who wished to state in her advance circulars that such 
and such a percentage would be devoted to Red Cross work ; the elocu- 
tionists, the self-described poets, the baseball managers, the summer 
garden proprietors, et al, who wished to give performances with a ten per 
cent, rebate to the Red Cross, followed each other in rapid and maddening 
succession, each bursting with zeal, each most emphatic that his or her 
scheme would be the great source of the Committee's income. Each one 



had to be listened to with patience and quietly dismissed in the kindest 
manner possible, with the assurance by the Secretary of the Committee's 
great appreciation for the interest manifested, but also that " The Com- 
mittee was in receipt of such large direct contributions from the public, 
that it did not feel justified in lending its name to enterprises where but a 
percentage would find its way to the treasury." It is easy to read this 
descriptive sentence of one interview, but as it was multiplied many times 
and oft during the hot days of the summer, the Secretary feels sure of the 
sympathies of the reader. 

Oddness in style and manner of contributions was a most interesting 
feature of the Secretary's office, notably the quaint, quiet and unassuming 
little old couple who called and timidly asked " if this was the Red Cross 
office," and on receiving affirmative reply, quietly laid down a one thou- 
sand dollar bill and attempted to leave without giving their names ; but, 
upon being assured by the young ladies in charge of the office that such 
an act would constitute a gross violation of the Secretary's most rigid 
instructions, they finally, after a whispered consultation in a corner of 
the room, consented to leave the number of a post office box in a little 
village in New Jersey. 

One day in early June a letter was received, signed " Mary E. Ogden," 
asking if the writer would be permitted to make some collections in her 
home and vicinity, which was answered as follows : 

Mrs. Mary E. Ogden, New York, June loth, 1S98. 

Care David B. Ogden, Esq., 
Tuxedo Park, N. Y. 
Dear Madam : 

Replying to your recent note, I write to say that I know of no objection to your 
raising money for the Red Cross Relief Committee, although it should be understood 
that the Committee has not as yet authorized or appointed any collectors, and yet we 
have been in receipt of money contributions raised through the instrumentalities of 
friends of the work. 

Thanking you for the interest manifested in your note, I am. 

Very sincerely yours, 

John P. Faure, Secretary. 

A prompt reply was received, with a gentleman's check for $396.00 
from twenty-five different contributors, in a child's handwriting, the last 
page of which contained the following : 

In your letter you call me Mrs. Ogden. I am only a little girl of fourteen, called for 
short. Yours cordially, Polly Ogden. 

P. S. — I enclose a list of contributors. I hope to send more by and by. 

This was the beginning of a most interesting correspondence between 
the Secretary and his little friend " Polly," who wrote every few days, 
sending amounts varying from $10 to $150. " Polly " proved an effective 
and interesting canvasser for contributions. This correspondence was 
one of the " rifts in the clouds " of the Secretary's duties. 



It is hardly within the province of the Secretary to deal with the 
magnificent volume of work done by the Executive Committee as such, 
and the various sub-Committees in which it divided itself as needs and 
interests made themselves imperatively felt, and yet this sketch would be 
incomplete without recording the efforts of the Finance Committee ; 
the active and zealous work of the Committee on Yacht, purchased and 
sent to Miss Barton for use in Cuban waters, in response to her special 
request to that end ; the all comprehensive Supply Committee, whose 
separate and complete report, while most complete in its detail, with rare 
modesty does no manner of justice to the patience, the labor, the skill, and 
the untiring devotion displayed by all of its members — the Secretary dares 
not mention names lest he would become invidious, but with a quarter of 
a century's experience in executive work behind him, he stoutly asserts 
that no more devoted or efficient work was ever done by a group of men 
and women than was witnessed at 552-554 Broadway during all of last 
summer. Professional work of the highest order was rendered by the 
Medical Advisory Board, especially through the work of the Sub-Com- 
mittee, whose report on Camp Wikoff is one of the most valued documents 
in the archives of the American National Red Cross Relief Committee. 
One special feature of the work undertaken by the Executive Committee 
should not be unrecorded here, viz.: The creation of a Special Com- 
mission, consisting of Messrs. F. Augustus Schermerhorn and Archibald 
D. Russell, who as representatives of this Committee visited and inspected 
the various camps throughout the Southern States at a time when some 
of the methods and practices, or, possibly, lack of them, were seriously 
agitating the minds and hearts of the American people. The carefully 
and conscientiously prepared, and evidently well digested report of 
this Commission, forms a most interesting feature of the records of the 
Committee. 

While, as stated at the outset, the Committee was first composed 
of fifteen, and then at its organizing meeting increased to twenty-five, — 
the conditions, necessities, and voluntary offers of work as needs were 
manifested, compelled from time to time, additions to the Committee. 

The final meeting of the Committee was held at the rooms of the 
Chamber of Commerce on February 20th, 1899. A resolution that the 
Committee pass out of existence upon the signing of the Treaty by the 
United States and Spain was unanimously adopted, and as such signing 
has taken place, the Committee feels that its functions have been accom- 
plished, and that its work justifiably passes into history. 
Respectfully submitted, 

John P. Faure, 
March 30th, 1899. Secretary 



REPORT OF TREASURER FREDERICK 
D. TAPPEN. 

March 17, 1899. 

on which date the committee was dissolved. 

Total cash received $320,344 1 2 

" " expended 301,43008 

" " on hand (turned 
over to Treasurer of 
Trustees appointed by 
the Committee) 18,914 04 * 

Total cash received from Aux- 
iliaries $125,967 09 

Total cash expended for Aux- 
iliaries 1 14,723 59 

Total cash on hand from 

Auxiliaries 1 1,243 5^ 

* Of this amount $11,243.50 belongs to Special Auxil- 
iaries and $7,670.54 to the general fund of the Committee. 

In addition to this amount, the Trustees received from 
the Committee the yacht Red Cross, which has since been 
sold for the sum of $25,000. 



ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURES 

AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS RELIEF 
COMMITTEE. 

Office expenses, etc $ 7>^43 ^5 

Food supplies 46,194 65 

Hospital supplies 25,312 12 

Medical supplies 1 2,907 07 

Clothing and dry goods i»550 53 

Miscellaneous supplies 17,719 46 

Nurses i9'745 5^ 

Ambulances and mules iO'55 1 11 

Ice 31.909 90 

Yacht J^ed Cross and maintenance 55'028 65 

Cash to Gen'l Com. ^/c Camps 67,789 28 

Laundry plant 1,230 10 

Freight, express-charges — towing, transporta- 
tion, and teams 4'348 55 

$301,430 08 



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THE YACHT "RED CROSS." 

The Committee having in charge the yacht Red Cross, submits the fol- 
lowing report : 

Soon after war was declared, our navy seized a number of steamers 
sailing under the Spanish flag, and took them as prizes to the port of Key 
West. Each one of these steamers was fully manned, and after their own 
supplies of provisions were exhausted the crews suffered for food and 
were threatened with starvation. No provision had been made for such an 
emergency, and no one had been authorized to make requisitions on the 
Government for needed supplies. In this crisis the Commandant of the 
Army at that port asked Miss Barton to furnish food to these crews until 
the Government could get its ration machinery in working order. This 
Miss Barton did from purchases and from the supplies on the State of 
Texas, then lying at Key West waiting for orders to go to Cuba. 

As these steamers lay at anchor it was necessary to have a small steam 
vessel to carry supplies to them, and as Miss Barton was dependent upon 
others for such service, she asked this Committee, through the National 
Red Cross, to furnish her a tug or yacht to be used as long as necessary at 
Key West, and afterwards to betaken to Cuba to assist in the discharge of 
the larger vessels and to carry supplies to other ports in Cuba where the 
water was shallow and the larger vessels could not enter. The Committee 
acceded to her request and appointed Messrs. Gustav H. Schwab and Wm. 
T. Wardwell a committee with power to purchase a suitable steamer for this 
purpose, to fit it for sea, and turn over the use of it to the National Red 
Cross. After some delay, caused largely by the fact that the Government had 
secured all the most desirable small steam craft in this port. The Admiral 
was offered to the Committee by the owners at Providence, Rhode Island, 
for $40,000. After it had been examined by an agent of the National 
Red Cross and approved, an expert was sent by the committee to Provi- 
dence, who made a careful examination, including a trial at sea, which 
proved entirely satisfactory and the yacht was accepted, the price having 
been reduced to $37,500. 

The yacht sailed from Providence, June 21st, and arrived in this port, 
June 23d. After being prepared for sea and loaded with about twenty 
tons of medicine and appliances, including delicacies for the sick soldiers 
at Santiago, it sailed from this port June 29th, arriving at Key West, July 



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loth. Damage to the machinery caused delay at Key West, and not until 
July 1 6th did the yacht sail for Santiago. Shortly after leaving Key 
West it ran into a severe gale, which so disabled it that it was compelled 
to return to Key West. A survey was directed to be made there which 
showed considerable damage, so much so that, in the judgment of the 
Committee, it was considered unwise to send it again to Santiago, as 
repairs could not be made there, and the committee was advised that 
yellow fever had broken out and it would be dangerous to send a crew not 
immune to Cuba. The Committee therefore consented to the discharge 
of the cargo and its re-shipment by a Government transport, and the 
yacht was ordered to return to New York as soon as possible. On its ar- 
rival the crew was discharged at once and the yacht taken out of 
commission. Your committee deeply regretted the necessity of this 
action, as it had hoped the yacht might be able, not only to render valu- 
able service in relieving suffering in Cuba, but would give comfort to Miss 
Barton and her staff, and honor and dignity to the Red Cross. 

Shortly after its return. Dr. Doty, the Health Officer of this port, said 
to the Committee that he had been urging the Government to remove the 
sick soldiers from Camp Wikoff to hospitals in New York and elsewhere, 
as he feared typhoid fever might become epidemic as it had in some of the 
southern camps. The Government declined to remove them, on the 
ground that it had no transports available for this purpose. The State also 
had none, and Dr. Doty asked this Committee to help him, if it possibly 
could do so. The Committee offered him the yacht Red Cross, which was 
accepted. It was at once prepared for service, beds for the sick increased 
to fifteen, and such supplies and delicacies provided as the physician in 
charge advised were necessary for the comfort and safety of the sick sol- 
diers. Two volunteer nurses and a physician furnished by the Govern- 
ment were always in attendance, and we are sure that everything that 
sympathy and gentleness could suggest for the care of the sick was done. 
The yacht carried from Camp Wikoff to hospitals in New Haven, New 
London, Newport, New York, and other places, 449 sick soldiers, and 
about 60 relatives, mothers, sisters or friends who were unwilling to leave 
the sick without their care. Therefore the last state of the yacht was 
better than the first, for your Committee is assured that it has rendered 
incalculable service, and has been instrumental in relieving suffering and 
in saving many lives, a service which more than compensates for all the 
outlay for purchase and cost of keeping it in commission. 

The success attending the removal of the sick by the yacht Red Cross 
induced the Government to follow its example, and with its larger trans- 
ports hundreds were brought from Camp Wikoff to the hospitals of New 
York and Brooklyn. 



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The work of the yacht is over ; its crew has been discharged ; some 
needed repairs are now being made, and it has, by direction of your Com- 
mittee, been offered for sale. The proceeds of such sale, when made, 
will be handed to the Treasurer to be added to the general fund of the 
Committee in his hands. 

The whole amount of the cost for purchase and expenses of the 
yacht to date, are as follows : 

Cost of yacht $37j5oo oo 

Insurance, including war risk 4,200 00 

Outfit, including repairs to launch and yacht, provisions and 

supplies 5,622 22 

Running expenses, including wages of crew, etc 6,677 7^ 

$54,000 00 
Respectfully submitted, 

December, 1898, 

WM. T. WARDWELL, 
GUSTAV H. SCHWAB, 

Committee^ 

N. B. — Since the above report was written the yacht Red Cross has 
been sold for $25,000, and the proceeds deposited with Mr. F. D. Tappen, 
Treasurer. 



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WOMAN'S COMMITTEE ON AUXILIARIES. 

Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner, Chairman 
Mrs. Paul Dana, Secretary 
Miss Martha Lincoln Draper, Treasurer 
Mrs. Butler Duncan Mrs. W. S. Cowles 

Mrs. James W. Gerard Mrs. Winthrop Cowdin 

Mrs. Bettina-Hofker Lesser Mrs. Levi P. Morton 

Mrs. J. PiERPONT Morgan Mrs. Henry C. Potter 

Dr. Lucy Hall Brown Mrs. G. F. Shrady 

By a resolution of the Executive Committee, the above ladies were 
appointed a Woman's Committee on Auxiliaries, charged with the duty of 
organizing Auxiliary Committees throughout the United States, to assist 
in Red Cross work. This Committee met for the first time on May 12th, 
and it was decided to interest, by personal effort and correspondence, the 
people of the country in serving the sick and wounded soldiers and sailors 
during the war, without regard to nationality, in accordance with the 
rules of the Conference of Geneva. 

While the chief object of the Auxiliaries was to collect money to be 
used in any form of Red Cross work found to be necessary in field or 
hospital service, each Auxiliary was given the right to raise money for 
special purposes, which it might designate, or to furnish supplies made or 
bought by its own individual efforts. 

Thus, one Auxiliary, No. i, undertook to supply all the Ambulances 
required. Auxiliary No. 3, the expenses of the Trained Nurses sent into 
the field or camp. Auxiliary No. 5 provided fully equipped cots. 
Auxiliary No. 6, Medical and Surgical Supplies. No. 10 furnished Ice 
in the camps and hospitals, and sent several schooner-loads of Ice to 
Cuba. 

Each Auxiliary organized with a Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary, 
and was in constant communication with the Woman's Committee on 
Auxiliaries and the Committee on Supplies, receiving instructions as to 
what was most needed, and forwarding such articles regularly to the 
Supply Depot, 552 Broadway. 

From its inaugural meeting on May 12th, until the present date, the 
Woman's Committee has authorized the organization of ninety-two 
Auxiliaries, many of these with numerous sub-Auxiliaries, No. 17 (Pitts- 
burgh), having over seventy, thus spreading the work throughout the 
country from Maine to the Rocky Mountains, the Western limit of the 
work of the Relief Committee. 

Mary D. Butler Dana, Secretary. 



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THE SUPPLY COMMITTEE. 

After the plan of Auxiliaries had been definitely decided upon, it 
became necessary to open a receiving depot to which all supplies might be 
sent. A Committee was formed by the " Executive " to regulate and dis- 
tribute the articles furnished by the Auxiliaries, and the Red Cross Supply 
Depot, Nos. 552 and 554 Broadway, opened with a meeting of this 
Committee, on June 22, 1898. 

Two floors of this building were put at the disposal of the Society 
through the generosity of Mr. John Jacob Astor, and were occupied free 
of rent until the 15th of October. There all requisitions were received 
and filled, and the Committee appointed responsible persons to purchase 
all necessary supplies not furnished by the Auxiliaries. 

The Committee was empowered to draw on the funds donated by 
private individuals and business firms from all over the country, which 
had been placed in the hands of the Treasurer, Mr. Frederick D. Tappen. 

Nearly three hundred thousand dollars were spent on requisitions which 
came in from every camp and hospital in the United States, as well as 
from Cuba and Porto Rico ; and it is not recorded that one was ever left 
unfilled. Everything, from a tent to a tooth-brush, an ambulance or a 
cake of soap was furnished promptly on demand. If there was delay in 
the delivery of some of these articles, it was due to the congested condi- 
tion of freight, and the difficulty of landing and transporting goods on the 
Cuban coast. 

When the yacht jRed Cross, which had been purchased by the American 
National Red Cross Relief Committee, left her pier on June 29th for 
Cuba, she was freighted with everything that might conduce to the 
comfort and welfare of our men at the front. Medical and surgical 
supplies, delicacies for the sick, groceries, clothing and blankets were 
stowed away in her hold, also a Roentgen Ray apparatus, which a medical 
student volunteered to accompany and keep in order. Certain members 
of the Red Cross Relief Committee helped to pack away the stores, and as 
the yacht steamed away, after several postponements of her date of 
departure, a feeling of thankfulness filled the hearts of those who knew 
there would be desperate need for her cargo before she could possibly 
reach her destination. 

The Auxiliaries were now hard at work in their several fields of labor. 



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and by the first week of July, the Ice Plant Auxiliary had sent its first 
schooner laden with ice from Maine to Clara Barton at Santiago. 

Meanwhile, the work went on at the Supply Depot in Broadway. 
Mr. Cleveland H. Dodge and Miss Helen Fidelia Hoffman were in charge, 
while Mr. A. S. Solomons, Mr. Howard Townsend, Mr. Percy R. Pyne 
and Mr. Douglas Robinson relieved each other in carrying out the many 
business details connected with the enterprise, and Mr. Frank C. Gar- 
many rendered invaluable service as purchasing agent for the Committee. 
In the windows, an ambulance and stretcher wnth a cot and Red Cross 
flags, attracted the attention of the passers-by to the work which was 
being done within, and an eager crowd of spectators stood from morning 
until night, peering into the depths of the great room and watching the 
ceaseless activity of workers engaged in packing cases and sorting supplies. 

It was noticeable that no disorderly conduct, pushing, or bad language 
ever inconvenienced those who were obliged to go through these 
gatherings on their various errands for the Committee. 

From June 20th to September 30th the activity in the Supply Rooms 
never ceased. The building was open by eight o'clock in the morning, 
but there were days when the packing began soon after sunrise. So 
eager were the employees to send off every requisition by the earliest 
transport that they willingly remained at their work until midnight, or 
returned at five in the morning to complete the packing of the cases, 
while the express men often lent a hand to expedite matters. 

Each case or package received at the depot was immediately acknow- 
ledged by the Secretary to the Auxiliary or individual who had sent it. 
It was then unpacked and each article carefully listed by the receiving 
clerk. After this the volunteer workers took possession of the contents, 
marking every piece with the stamp of the Am. Nat. Red Cross, and 
placing everything of one kind by itself, first tying them in dozens, and, 
as far as possible, in articles of clothing, designating sizes. The walls 
were lined with large packing cases which were filled to overflowing with 
sheets, pillow cases, towels, handkerchiefs, surgical squares, night shirts, 
pajamas and underwear. Besides these, every sort of toilet article and 
small furnishing, stationery, patent medicines and embrocations, were 
stored away in boxes on the long tables in the centre of the great room. 
Indeed, every necessity of humanity was gathered together under the roof 
of 552 Broadway. 

The call for abdominal bands had lately been heard in the land, and 
probably no larger collection of this article was ever gathered together in 
one place before, — of every shape, size and pattern — and varying from red 
and gray to white and blue. They probably fulfilled a similar mission 
to the " Havelock " in the War of the Rebellion, which was used chiefly 



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to clean rifles, or for any purpose other than the one it was intended. 
The Auxiliaries had made so many of these bands, that by September ist 
they had filled every corner of the Supply Depot, and the packers 
groaned aloud as case after case was received, and yet, at the time the 
work ended, there was not a band to be found — every one had been 
shipped to fill requisitions. One case of these, which came from the far 
West, was quite unicjue. On every band a note was attached — in every 
note was found a friend, anxious to hear from her distant soldier. These 
bands were sent on with their sentimental missives, and if they caused as 
much amusement in the Camp as they did at the Supply Depot, they 
were not written in vain. 

One section of the floor space was given up to tonics and groceries, 
another to the equipped cots, while the centre of the room was devoted to 
the packing and unpacking of cases, and the storage of dry-goods. The un- 
packing of the cases containing jellies and miscellaneous provisions (the 
jars of the former often cracked and leaking) was the daily task of many 
of the women who offered their time and services to the Committee. 
From nine until five or six o'clock, these women worked untiringly 
through the great heat of July and August, and the sultry days of Septem- 
ber. Young and old, rich and poor, worked together in this common 
cause, and those who were paid for their time gave of it in such good 
measure that no word of complaint was overheard when they were obliged 
to work after hours in order to have cases ready for special transportation. 

The work of packing and shipping the cots was unremitting, and three 
or four men were employed all summer to attend to this exclusively. 
Each cot, which was so constructed as to fold together like a tent, con- 
tained the following equipment : a pillow, 2 blankets (i very heavy pair 
to lie upon), 3 cotton sheets, 2 pillow-cases, 3 towels, i pair pajamas, 
I night-shirt, i rubber sheet, and a mosquito netting. They were all 
rolled compactly together, wrapped in thick, brown paper, and securely 
tied with strong twine. Every cot was marked in distinct black letters to 
whom consigned, with destination and name of transport by which it was 
to be sent. 

These were furnished by Auxiliary No. 5, and were known as the 
" Metcalf-Bliss Cots," taking their name from the President of the 
Auxiliary, Mrs. VV. Metcalf-Bliss. More than 3500 of these cots were 
supplied on different requisitions, at a cost of about $20,000. 

When a requisition was received, it was at once handed to one of the 
ladies who looked over the stock, and if the required articles were not on 
hand, an order was immediately given for their purchase and they were 
shipped directly from the stores, or sent to 552 Broadway, where they 
were packed and shipped to their destination. 



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The boxes were all carefully lined with tar paper, and a list of the 
articles contained in them neatly printed on the outside. The cases 
received at the Supply Depot were not always so carefully packed 
especially those containing miscellaneous groceries. Tea and tobacco 
sugar and cereals were often found hopelessly conglomerated and could 
only be thrown away and counted as a total loss. 

The Red Cross must have created a corner in pajamas, for by the end 
of July there were days when none of the big stores could furnish a single 
suit of these commodities. Auxiliary 17, of Pittsburgh, became a very 
present help at these times of shortage — a sort of Aladdin's lamp which, 
when rubbed ever so gently, was sure to furnish what was needed im- 
mediately. Pajamas and suits of underwear came from there by the thou- 
sand, and everything always of the best. The Red Cross derived material 
benefit from their prompt and active co-operation at all times and in every 
emergency. 

More than five hundred requisitions were received during the summer 
and autumn, and as the majority of these called for supplies by the 
hundreds and even thousands, some idea may be gained of the magnitude 
of the work involved in selecting the goods and packing the cases. A 
requisition for the Leiter Hospital for groceries and delicacies for the sick 
was filled in one morning at a cost of two thousand dollars. Wines, 
cordials, and cereals of the best brands were sent, and money was for- 
warded to the Red Cross Agents at the different camps to purchase milk, 
eggs, and ice. Chickamauga, Jacksonville, Tampa, Fort Meyer, and 
other camps were kept constantly supplied. 

People were continually calling at the rooms to inquire what they 
could do and how they might best be of service. Numerous offers were 
made to organize entertainments, and a great deal of money was raised in 
this way. Every place of resort during the summer had its sewing circle 
which contributed its work to some Auxiliary. This interest and desire 
to do something helpful for the cause pervaded the entire community. 

To keep themselves in touch with the outlying branches, a meeting of 
representatives from the different Auxiliaries was held every Wednesday 
morning at 11 o'clock at 552 Broadway, which kept the Committee in- 
formed as to the articles each AuxiHary would furnish and in turn give it 
the opportunity of stating the immediate requirements. Each represen- 
tative pledged the Auxiliary to which she belonged to meet certain 
demands during the coming week, and in this way the duplication of 
supplies was prevented and many mistakes avoided. Auxiliaries Nos. i, 
3, and 10 were formed for special work which could not be carried on 
through the Supply Depot, except as the transactions of each were re- 
ported and approved at these meetings. 



On the 17th of July, Surgeon-General Sternberg was in New York 
where he had come to meet the hospital ship Olivette, on its first journey 
north with a load of wounded from Santiago. Some misunderstand- 
ings had arisen between the Government and the American National Red 
Cross Relief Committee, and as it was deemed especially advisable that an 
entente cordiale should be established between them as early as possible in 
the campaign, the Surgeon-General was asked to meet certain repre- 
sentatives of those Auxiliaries whose work brought them in direct com- 
munication with the army. A small, informal meeting was held at the 
residence of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, where Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Winthrop 
Cowdin and Mrs. Douglas Robinson of Auxiliary No. 3 for Trained 
Nurses, Miss Hoffman, Mr. Cleveland H. Dodge, and Mr. Douglas Robin- 
son of the Supply Committee were able to set forth the object and aim of 
the organization, and to convince the General that its only desire was to 
further the interests of the Government, to co-operate with him, and to 
supplement his efforts with its money and supplies. It was at this meet- 
ing that the Supply Committee was asked to furnish the Leiter Hospital 
at Chickamauga with a full provision of groceries and delicacies for the 
sick, and in response to a suggestion from General Sternberg, to send also 
ice-cream and eggs for the yellow fever patients at Siboney. A second 
hospital ship, the Missouri, was to be fitted out and the Supply Committee 
offered to assume various details of the equipment. Auxiliary No. 10 was 
to furnish an ice plant and refrigerating apparatus, and Auxiliary No. i 
the electric fans, the steam launch, carbonating and sterilizing plants, tele- 
phone system, etc. Auxiliary No. 19 supplied the laundry plant. 

The Supply Committee was to provide pajamas, underwear, socks, 
towels, slippers, etc., in large quantities, and in fact anything that Major 
Arthur, Surgeon-in-charge, chose to name. Soon after this meeting, 
General Sternberg wrote asking for $5,000 to be distributed among the 
army surgeons at the various camps to purchase, at their discretion, 
whatever was needed for the sick and wounded. This amount was 
immediately forwarded to the General and distributed by him to the 
surgeons. 

After the battle of San Juan the activity at the Red Cross rooms 
materially increased and it was a red letter day when the bales of supplies 
were made up for the Rough Riders. Letters had been received by 
friends of some of the officers telling of their dire need of underclothing, 
medical supplies, and tobacco, and ending with this appeal : " Could you 
send us some tooth powder and brushes, some soap, and a little tea? " It 
will be remembered that when they were ordered to advance they aban- 
doned their knapsacks and blankets by the roadside in order to facilitate 
their march, and that these were afterwards found and appropriated by 



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the Cubans for their own use. The private letters referred to were the 
only requisition for these particular supplies, but they were packed with a 
velocity and a good will that had no precedent. It is needless to say 
that they got all they asked for, and a great deal more besides. The 
bales were sewed up in burlap that they might be more easily carried 
on the backs of mules, the only means of transportation from the Cuban 
coast to the hill country back of Santiago, where the Rough Riders 
were encamped. 

Another memorable day in the annals of the Supply Committee was 
that on which Miss Jennings visited the rooms in Broadway. She had 
come north on the transport Seneca and it was the morning of her 
release from quarantine on Ellis Island, where all on board the fever- 
ridden ship were held, because of the report that yellow fever had 
broken out among the soldiers. The Supply Committee was in readi- 
ness to send every necessity and comfort to those poor sufferers and 
was able to help them even while they were confined at quarantine. 

The condition of the Seneca and the horrors of her voyage from 
Santiago are too well known to require repetition here, but when Miss 
Jennings was induced to relate her experience to those who were at 
work at the Supply rooms, business was suspended and she was immedi- 
ately surrounded by an eager group of listeners. No one who heard 
her tell the story can ever forget it. Alone, and almost single-handed 
she fought with disease and ministered to the wounded, without surgical 
instruments or proper food for the sick, with only two physicians, one 
of whom was ill most of the voyage, she still worked faithfully doing 
her best to save life and keep the men from starving. 

It was only through her forethought that the few medical supplies 
they had were obtained. Just as the ship was about to leave Santiago 
she saw how utterly unprepared they were, and insisted on being lowered 
into a small boat in order to get to the hospital ship Relief then 
anchored in the bay, and from them she procured a few trifling additions 
to the scanty stock on the Seneca. Surely those who were saved by her 
faithful care from perishing on this dreadful voyage, must ever hold her 
name in grateful remembrance. The Red Cross followed up the men 
as they were distributed in the different hospitals, and if they lacked 
for anything after this, it was not the fault of the Supply Committee. 

The nurses of Auxiliary No. 3 often sent requisitions to the Com- 
mittee asking it to supplement the army supplies which fell so far short 
of what was needed for the sick and wounded. The conditions in the 
hospitals at Chickamauga, Jacksonville, and other camps were so dis- 
couraging that without the Red Cross supplies the suffering must have 
been even greater than it was. Milk, ice, and eggs were provided in 



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the fever hospitals by the agents to whom money was sent to purchase 
them, and large consignments of groceries were constantly shipped when- 
ever the need for them was made known. 

When the Spanish prisoners were taken to Portsmouth, N. H., after the 
destruction of Cervera's fleet, their condition was so pitiable that without 
receiving any formal requisition the Committee decided to send at once 
several cases of clothing, bedding, groceries, and other supplies to 
Seavey's Island, where the camp was established. Cots were also pro- 
vided for the barrack hospital, and Auxiliary No. 3 sent several male 
nurses who did excellent service. Two of these volunteered to go to 
Spain on the transport which conveyed the prisoners to their native 
land after peace was declared. The condition of the prisoners greatly 
improved during their stay in this healthy locality, where fine air, good 
food and humane treatment brought about most favorable results. 

A visitor to this camp during the summer asked one of the marines on 
duty at one of the guns, which guarded the island at various points to 
prevent the escape of prisoners, if they had ever been obliged to use them. 
" No, not yet ; " he answered, " but we expect to when the time comes to 
send them home. Nothing else will drive them off the island." 

Perhaps the greatest strain on the Supply Committee came after the 
opening of the camp at Montauk Point, L. I. The preparations for the 
men were so incomplete when the transports arrived that the first days at 
Camp Wikoff were scenes of utter confusion. The Committee knew that 
it would be called upon, and it was ready when the call came, but the energies 
of all concerned were taxed to the utmost to assist in bringing any sort of 
order out of this chaos. The first necessity to be relieved was the lack of 
drinking-water, caused by the unfinished wells, and the taking for granted 
that water could be found anywhere on Long Island at a certain distance 
below the surface of the soil. This emergency demanded prompt attention, 
and the Supply Committee was able, through the kindness of the Standard 
Oil Company, to convey spring water from Jamaica to Camp Wikoff for 
the use of the soldiers. Later, when the wells were finished, the supply of 
water was sufficient, but at first it was so inadequate as to threaten the 
camp with disease and calamity. 

An agent to manage Red Cross work became necessary, and Mr. 
Howard Townsend was appointed in this capacity by Mr. Stephen E. 
Barton. He remained on duty at Montauk, superintending the distribu- 
tion of supplies and the transfer of fever patients by the yacht Red Cross 
to hospitals in New Haven and adjacent cities, thereby relieving the pres- 
sure on the hospital at Camp Wikoff. This yacht had returned from Cuba 
and was offered to the Government by the Committee for use at 
Montauk. 



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As many as twelve requisitions daily have been received at the Supply 
Rooms during August from this camp. Hospital furnishings, food sup- 
plies, and delicacies of all sorts were sent to the sick, besides pajamas and 
underwear by the thousand suits. A diet kitchen was established under 
the direction of Mrs. Willard, an agent of Auxiliary No. 3, which also 
sent trained nurses. Even with these provisions for the comfort and care 
of the soldiers, we know that the suffering and illness from inadequate 
nursing and improper food for the men was far in excess of any other camp. 

All are familiar with the tales of horror which filled every newspaper 
at this time, and they will not be repeated here, but even the Red Cross 
was powerless to act, except as those in charge at the hospitals chose to 
send requisitions. 

When these came not a moment was ever lost in ordering or packing 
what was called for, and if there was bad management and cruel neglect 
on the Montauk end of the road, at least the same charge can not be laid 
to the door of the Red Cross. When the requisition below was received 
by the Supply Committee in Broadway on August 26th, it was proved be- 
yond a doubt that the Red Cross Relief Committee was the surest, 
quickest, and most reliable medium through which to work and by which 
to reach the sick and suffering soldiers. 

Requisition No. 127. By Secretary Alger through H. Towxsend. 

For Major Hizeman, General Hospital, 
(Government to reimburse us.) Camp Wikoff. 

75 commodes 500 cups and saucers 

500 knives 500 forks 

500 large spoons 500 small spoons 

500 bowls 35 trays 

100 galvanized iron buckets 200 tin wash-basins 

100 wooden wash-tubs 25 tin wash-boilers 

50 dish-pans 50 rakes 

6 buck-saws 150 candle lanterns and 

100 ash-cans, galvanized iron 1000 candles 

with covers 25 basting spoons 

25 saucepans 20 roasting pans 

2000 towels 1000 pillow-cases 

1000 sheets 500 pillows 

1000 night-shirts 1000 pairs slippers 

1000 handkerchiefs 

The above was filled in one day and despatched by special train to 
Montauk, and reached its destination as swiftly as the Long Island Rail- 
road could carry it. A word must be said here for the untiring efforts of 



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the President of the road, Mr. Wm. H. Baldwin, Jr., in furthering our in- 
terests in every way, giving us precedence in matters of freight and 
securing for us the most rapid transportation possible. To the merchants 
of New York of whom we purchased our supplies, the same thanks are 
due. Our orders were filled with a promptness and alacrity that showed 
the universal interest felt in our work. Liberal discounts were allowed, 
and the best of everything was provided. 

It is well known that men often arrived at Long Island City in so ex- 
hausted a condition as to be found sometimes unconscious on the side- 
walks and ferry-boats, and often without a cent in their pockets with 
which to buy food. Their railway transportation was provided but 
nothing more. Indignant citizens came to their rescue, but the Red Cross 
saw that something must be done, and that quickly, to help discharged 
men. This led to the opening of the Red Cross Relief Station at Long 
Island City, in a building annexed to the railway and a few steps from the 
ferry. This was filled with cots, and in a few days a committee of women, 
physicians, nurses, cooks, and servants brought the whole into thorough 
and systematic working order. This enterprise calls for a special report 
of its own which will be given in this volume, but the Supply Committee 
cannot close its report without rendering some tribute to the management 
and devotion of those women who worked all day, and often far into the 
night, ministering to the wants of those men who, whether they had fought 
at Santiago or only languished in a southern camp, had after all made the 
highest sacrifice and followed the noblest impulse of which humanity is 
capable. 

By this time most of the hospitals in and about New York were filled 
with fever patients as they were sent from Monlauk or landed from the 
transports in the bay. The hospitals at Governor's Island, Forts Hamil- 
ton and Wadsworth, the Marine Hospital on Staten Island, St. Peter's and 
St. Joseph's in Brooklyn, besides Bellevue, St. Luke's, Roosevelt, the 
Presbyterian, and others in New York were crowded with soldiers. Wards 
were set apart for their accommodation, and the Red Cross again came 
to the front, supplementing in food supplies or clothing whatever was 
called for. Most of the suburban hospitals received from Auxiliary No. 
lo weekly provisions of eggs, poultry, ice cream, and soups, besides milk 
and ice daily. Bellevue men received from the same Auxiliary rolls, ice 
cream, and oysters during several weeks. 

One party of convalescents from St. Peter's in Brooklyn was taken to 
Coney Island on a warm Sunday in September dressed in Red Cross 
pajamas, stamped with the Am. Nat. Red Cross on each side pocket, and 
every man of them was delighted to exchange the soiled and tattered 
uniform of the campaign for this most airy and comfortable fatigue cos- 



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tume. Besides the regular hospitals, large numbers of Convalescent 
Homes were started for those soldiers, who, unfit to travel on long 
journeys, or still exhausted from illness and fever, needed nursing and 
good food to restore their physical well-being. These Homes were 
provided with groceries, bedding, and clothing whenever requisitions 
were presented. It is believed that no one was ever refused anything 
that the Supply Committee could furnish. Where it was deemed 
advisable, money was sent instead of supplies, thereby saving time and 
transportation. 

By the first of September requisitions were coming in from Porto 
Rico, and abundant supplies of all kinds were shipped. 

In October the Supply Depot moved from 552 and 554 Broadway to 
100 William street with a storage room on Fulton street. The work 
of the Committee assumed a somewhat different character, as the requisi- 
tions were mostly of a nature to be filled directly from the stores, 
and the work of making garments by the Auxiliaries had practically 
discontinued. 

The next call came from the Phillipines and from fifteen to twenty 
thousand dollars were spent in general supplies. Trained nurses were 
sent out by Auxiliary No. 3, and money enough is still in the treasury of 
this Auxiliary to defray their expenses for a year. 

The number of requisitions to be filled during the winter was small, 
but the need of caring for " mustered out " volunteer soldiers was very 
great and calls for a report of its own. 

During the month of March goods were shipped to Jacksonville, 
Savannah, Fortress Monroe, Porto Rico, Havana, Manila, and Camp 
Meade, Pa., and the funds of the Relief Committee placed in the hands 
of five Trustees, who had been appointed at the last meeting of the 
Committee. 

This summing up of the work of the summer is not done in any 
spirit of pride to enumerate the labors of the Supply Committee, but to 
those who generously subscribed their money, it is due that they should 
feel satisfied with the spending of it, and equally satisfied that it was as 
well done as if they had personally superintended its distribution. 

There was not a member of the Red Cross Relief Committee or its 
Auxiliaries who did not feel himself privileged to be in a position to 
help those who had gone out to serve their country, and who did not 
give time and strength with the hearty good will and unity of purpose 
which combined to bring about those results of which they may now be 
justly proud. Helen Fidelia Draper, 

For the Supply Cotnmittee. 
March, iSgg. 



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SPECIAL WORK FOR RETURNED SOLDIERS 

On the arrival of the first transport, laden with a cargo of sick and 
wounded soldiers, the horrible conditions which prevailed and the absolute 
dearth of everything in the line of clothing, comforts, necessities, and all 
delicacies for the sick and convalescent, made it necessary for some 
action to be taken at once. The Supply Committee set to work to remedy 
these conditions by sending bedding, pajamas, night shirts, sheets, pillow 
cases, equipped cots, clothing of all kinds, medical supplies, surgical 
instruments, and crutches to all hospitals in need of them, also all kinds of 
delicacies, such as wines, soups, eggs, etc. The Committee left orders 
for constant delivery, as long as needed, of ice, chickens, chops, oysters, 
oranges, lemons, ice cream, and any delicacies that the sick might crave. 

For the convalescents complete outfits were provided for all who 
needed them and were unable to secure them from the Government. To 
those soldiers and sailors who could come to our warehouse at 552 Broad- 
way, everything their necessities demanded was always given, and none 
were ever turned away without being supplied. 

As the work increased Mrs. Hunter, Mrs. Emmett, and other ladies 
of Auxiliary No. 22 formed committees to take charge of the distribution 
of supplies, which up to this time had been taken care of by the ladies 
aiding the Supply Committee. 

After Auxiliary No. 22 had disbanded and the Supply Committee 
moved to Fulton Street, Miss Margaret Leverich, who, from the begin- 
ning of the war had given most valuable help to the Committee, in pack- 
ing and marking goods and assisting and taking care of the soldiers, 
together with Miss Catherine Cameron, who had been doing splendid 
work in the hospitals, volunteered to continue the work of distribution at 
our new quarters, and the Committee here expresses its gratitude for the 
faithful and devoted work done by these ladies. 

From the time the regiments began to be mustered out, the facilities of 
both the warehouse and the office force of the Supply Committee became 
overtaxed with the great demand upon them, and it was seen that some 
arrangement must be made with an organization having ample room 
and office force to meet this ever increasing demand. 

Through the efforts of the Chairman, the full co-operation of the 
Bowery Branch of the Y. M. C. A. was secured, and the experienced 
Superintendent, Mr. W. E. VVilkins became our right hand, and the 
splendid work accomplished by him will be spoken of later. No one who 
did not see it for himself, can form an idea of the hopeless misery and 



suffering these soldiers have borne, nor realize the manly spirit which was 
shown by most of them. 

The regiments on arriving were given furloughs of sixty days, whether 
wanted or not, these men without pay, many of whom lived at a distance, 
had no homes or friends, were thrown upon their own resources at a time 
of the year when it was almost impossible, except for a few skilled men, to 
obtain work. Here in a large, strange city, without money or influence, 
no provision made to take care of either themselves or their families, 
many, strive as they might, w^ould soon become dependent upon charity. 
These men coming from hot climates with no proper clothing, weakened 
from sickness and insufficient food, many just from the hospitals, and too 
weak to work even if they could secure it, with no homes and no money, 
were truly in a most pitiful condition. It will be remembered that the 
streets were full of these men, trying to secure work, and willing to do any- 
thing that would bring them sufficient means to support life. Those who 
were hopeless, sick, pale wrecks, wandered around in a dazed, hopeless 
way, until, overcome with exhaustion and fatigue, they would drop in the 
streets. 

The Committee undertook : 

I St. To clothe and secure proper care and medical attention for all 
who were sick or physically unable to do any work. 

2d. To clothe and give transportation home to those who lived else- 
where, and would there have friends to aid them. 

3d. To clothe and secure employment for those who were able to 
work and who could find nothing to do, and at the same time to feed and 
shelter them, and those dependent upon them, until employment could be 
found. 

The Supply Committee at once set to work on the lines above re- 
ferred to, to alleviate as far as lay in its power, the terrible conditions 
that confronted it. Letters were written to all the prominent firms in the 
city, asking help in securing employment for the men. The press was 
also appealed to to lend its powerful aid to secure positions, and through 
its kind help much was done to alleviate the distress. Mr. Larrabee, of 
the Consolidated Ice Company, Messrs. Naughton & Company, con- 
tractors of the Third Avenue Railroad, and other contractors in the city, 
took large numbers of returned men, giving many permanent positions 
and taking others for temporary work. Mr. Larrabee employed some 
seven or eight hundred men in the cutting and storing of ice in the many 
ice-houses of the Consolidated Ice Company. 

During the first three weeks of December, while the Supply Commit- 
tee had charge of this matter, permanent positions for nearly five 
hundred men and temporary ones for as many more had been secured. 



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The work had reached such proportions that the Supply Committee 
was unable to handle it, and it was then turned over to the Bowery 
Branch of the Y. M. C. A., as before referred to. 

From the last reports of Mr. Wilkins, March ist, he had secured 
permanent and temporary positions for about two thousand men, the 
larger part of which are permanent positions. Besides this, he has sent to 
their homes large numbers of men who lived elsewhere, and were either 
too sick or unfit to do the work that he was able to give them. He has 
also sent many invalids to sanitariums or homes where they are well 
taken care of. 

As soon as the work was turned over to Mr. Wilkins, the large de- 
mand for money needed to carry on the work, the transportation 
charges, and the supplying of all kinds of necessities, clothing, grocer- 
ies, etc., was taken up by Auxiliary No. lo, and that Auxiliary has paid 
for everything connected with this work up to the present time, and has 
expended many thousands of dollars. 

It is still continuing this work, and is relieving more suffering and do- 
ing more permanent good by helping the men to independence and self- 
support, and encouraging their self-respect by becoming independent of 
charity, than can be fully told. 

The Committee extends to Auxiliaries No. lo and No. 22, and to the 
Bowery Branch of the Y. M. C. A. its hearty thanks, and expresses high 
appreciation of the splendid work, and the result with which this most 
necessary aid has been crowned. 

Before the work was taken up by Mr. Wilkins, the Supply Committee 
had already been greatly helped by him in sheltering and feeding all those 
who were sent to him with a request for aid. He was, for most of the 
time, so overcrowded, that arrangements had to be made to take large 
numbers of soldiers to lodging houses, for whom at that time he paid all 
expenses. Auxiliary No. 10 has, of course, since that time, repaid all this 
outlay of money, but we cannot repay the enthusiastic kindness with 
which he extended his help to us except in acknowledging with our 
thanks the services rendered when we were most in need. 

At the present time, the Committee feels that almost all men now in 
New York have been cared for, but as each N. Y. Vol. Regiment is dis- 
banded the same conditions will prevail, and if Mr. Wilkins is supported 
and upheld by Auxiliary No. 10, all cases can be taken care of and given 
employment, and much suffering will be averted. 

The Supply Committee feels that this effort to make the soldiers self- 
supporting is thoroughly appreciated by the men themselves, as their 
constant expressions of gratitude fully testify. Frank C. Garmanv. 

March, 1899. 



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AUXILIARY No. i. 

Rt. Rev. HENRY C. POTTER. D.D., LL.D., Honorary President. 
Robert Bacon, Treasurer, (J. P. Morgan &> Co.) 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

Mrs. Cowles, President. 

jMrs. Henry Marquand, Jr., ist Vice-President. 

Mrs. Lorillard Spencer, sd Vice-President. 

Miss Louisa Morgan, Assistant Treasurer. 

Miss Edith Morton, Secretary. 

The First New York Ambulance Red Cross Equipment Society was 
organized on May 9th. From that date, and during the entire summer, 
meetings of the Executive Committee were held once or twice a week at 
the residence of the President, Mrs. Cowles. 

This Society was started for the purpose of purchasing and equipping 
ambulances to be used by the Red Cross in Cuba and in the camps. 
$2,000 was the sum stated as necessary to buy an ambulance, horses, 
harness, surgical and medical supplies, uniforms for attendants and the 
maintenance of these same attendants. Realizing that only a certain 
number of ambulances would be required, the Executive Committee in its 
first circular stated " that it reserved to itself the privilege of transferring 
a portion of whatever money might be collected to other Red Cross work 
for the Army and Navy." This reservation was most wise, since 
Auxiliary No. i collected larger sums than were required for ambulances, 
and was able to disburse them where need was greatest for purposes 
which were deemed expedient by the Relief Committee, and which were 
not in the province of other Auxiliaries. 

Owing to the delays incident to all communications with the govern- 
ment, and at first their unwillingness to accept outside aid, and the red 
tape which followed, the ambulances which should have been with Miss 
Barton when she arrived in Cuba, did not leave New York before July ist, 
when they were packed on the government transport Port Victor^ bound 
for Santiago. The Auxiliary was fully prepared to send them, with mules, 
long before, but neither the government nor the Red Cross Relief Com- 
mittee would give transportation for them earlier. That they would have 
been of incalculable value at Santiago is proved by the statements made 
by the regimental surgeons, that a lack of transportation had resulted in 
the death of many wounded soldiers. 



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The forty mules bought by the Auxiliary in the South in response to an 
urgent appeal from the Red Cross, were shipped from New Orleans to 
Santiago a little after July ist. Meanwhile the Relief Committee bought 
a yacht named the Red Cross, on which to convey all their supplies to 
Miss Barton in Cuba. This Auxiliary spent about $6,000 for the purchase 
of medical and surgical supplies, consisting of litters, canteens, filters, 
groceries and delicacies. These were packed on the yacht which left 
New York on June 29th. Owing to heavy storms she was damaged on her 
way south, and at Key West the supplies were transferred to another ship 
bound for Santiago, which they finally reached, and were there distributed 
by the Red Cross Agents. 

The supplies from the State of Texas, which were distributed by Miss 
Barton to our soldiers before Santiago, and which undoubtedly saved the 
lives of hundreds, belonged to the Cuban Relief Committee, but later the 
Red Cross Relief Committee refunded to them the full amount necessary 
to pay for these supplies ; so that we can feel that the Red Cross and not 
the Cuban Relief cared for the wounded and fed the hungry soldiers, 
before and after the battles at Santiago. 

Eleven ambulances were bought, of which we regret to state six were 
never taken off the Port Victor. Where the fault lies, and who was to 
blame for this, it is impossible to say. Those six ambulances, without 
fittings, etc., represent a sum of 3i,68o, as each ambulance cost $280. 
The supplies and fittings for each ambulance, uniforms, etc., were not 
packed with the ambulances, as we were advised to send them separately, 
so that they could be used in the hospitals as well, and they went on the 
yacht Red Cross. The other five ambulances have been disposed of in 
the following manner : one was sent to Chickamauga, upon request of the 
Red Cross agent there ; two, for a while were used at the Long Island 
City Red Cross Relief Station, and then one was sent to Miss Chauncey's 
Home for Convalescents at Pelham, also one ambulance and $150 to run 
it was sent to Atlantic Highlands Convalescent Home which was in charge 
of Auxiliary No. 3 ; two are now in Porto Rico, having been telegraphed 
for from there. The ambulance work has proved to be but a minor part 
of that undertaken and accomplished by this Auxiliary. 

One of the first sums of money expended by the Auxiliary was $2,500, 
asked for by Mr. Barton, which was used to start the Red Cross Stations 
at Camps x^lger, Thomas and Jacksonville. To the latter camp was also 
sent a large circular hospital tent upon the request of the colonel of one 
of the regiments there. 

On July 17th, General Sternberg requested the Red Cross to give sup- 
plies, in addition to those furnished by the government, for the new 
hospital ship Missouri. Auxiliary No. i presented the Missouri with a 



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steam launch, carbonating and sterilizing plants, electric fans, electric 
bells, rubber beds and telephone system, costing about $6,000. That they 
were of great service is shown by Major Arthur's letter, in which he 
thanks the Auxiliary for its valuable and useful gifts to his ship. 

Upon hearing on good authority that ready money would be most use- 
ful, as sometimes it was easier to buy supplies in Santiago than to await 
their arrival from America, the Committee cabled on August 3d $500 to 
Col. Roosevelt for the sick and wounded of his regiment. 

This Auxiliary then purchased and sent to Gen. Wood, Military 
Governor of Santiago, twenty-five tons of supplies costing $3,000 — 
groceries, delicacies and clothing (500 cotton shirts, 500 pair of trousers, 
500 pair of boots, socks, combs, etc.) to be distributed by him among the 
sick in the hospitals, and to those returning home on the transports. To 
avoid delay, or the risk of these supplies being left on the transport, this 
Auxiliary sent an agent of its own to Kingston, Jamaica, who personally 
superintended the forwarding of the supplies, which reached General 
Wood two weeks from the time they left New York. His letter of thanks 
and his suggestion that more supplies of the same description would be 
acceptable prove the usefulness of that shipment. 

During the month of August the disbursements of this society were 
very large. $10,000 was given to the Relief Committee for Montauk, 
which money was spent in hospital supplies, blankets, clothes, mineral 
waters, four wagons, eight horses, etc. $1,500 was given Dr. Mott for 
the distribution of sandwiches and broth for the sick soldiers leaving 
transports. The splendid work Dr. and Mrs. Mott did at Camp Wikoff 
is well known. $5,000 also was given to be spent in the same manner 
at the other camps. 

On September ist, $5,000 more was handed to the Relief Committee to 
assist them in their enormous undertakings at the camps. 

At the request of Major Havard (Surgeon-in-Chief at Siboney) and 
upon advice of Major Arthur, of the Missouri, a steam launch thirty-seven 
feet long, costing $2,400, was sent to him on the U. S, transport Berlin, 
which sailed September 24th. This launch is being used in transporting the 
patients from the hospitals to the transports, or from Santiago to Siboney. 
On September 29th the Auxiliary sent $2,500 worth of supplies to Gen. 
Wood at Santiago. They were of the same character as those previously sent. 
Smaller sums have been spent in the following manner : $200 was 
given to Mr. Warner, Red Cross agent at Washington, to furnish milk and 
ice to the sick soldiers on trains passing through Washington ; $200 was 
given to Mrs. Thomas Manson, who did special work at Montauk, 
principally among the Seventh U. S. Infantry Regiment ; $200 was given 
to Mrs. Ollesheimer for individ\ial work among convalescent soldiers; 



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$2oo to the Eighth Regiment Convalescent Home at Pelham. On the 
7th of September $5,000 was put at the disposal of Mrs. Henry Marquand 
for use at the Long Island City Red Cross Relief Station. The surplus of 
$1,481.67 was returned to this Auxiliary. S200 was given to the Orange 
Hospital at Orange, N. J., to defray part of the expenses made by the 
hospital in its care of sick soldiers, during the summer. 

Before closing the accounts of the Auxiliary the following sums were 
expended: $973.18 was given to Mrs. Ollesheimer, whose funds were 
exhausted, to assist her in buying materials. These materials were made 
into garments by her Soldiers' Family Assistance Committee and when 
finished were sent to the Supply Department; Auxiliary No. 3 having 
obtained permission to send supplies with their nurses on the Grant, we 
were enabled, by their courtesy, to send $5,000 worth of supplies to 
Manila, without expense for transportation, under the care of Miss 
Henschel, the head nurse ; these supplies included soups, lime juice, 
distilled waters, etc. 

At the meeting of the Executive Committee, on Feb. 15th, it was 
decided to close the work of Auxiliary No. i, because the Red Cross 
Relief Committee, which was going out of existence, had requested our 
final rejiorts. As it was necessary to close the accounts of Auxiliary No. 
I, the $4,000 still remaining were placed in the hands of a committee 
named for the purpose, to be immediately distributed for the benefit of 
our soldiers and sailors, where the need was greatest, as far as possible 
for those in Manila. 

Auxiliary No. i had four Auxiliaries of its own : The Orange Auxiliary, 
which raised $3,057.00; the Orange Mountain Children's AuxiHary, 
which raised $283.00 ; the Dearborn-Morgan School Auxiliary, which 
raised $83.00. These funds were handed in to the Treasurer, Miss 
Morgan. The Rhinebeck Auxiliary, which raised $207.00. This was 
used to purchase materials for pajamas, shirts, etc. These garments, over 
a thousand of which were made during the summer, were sent to the 
Supply Depot, 552 Broadway. 

The First New York Ambulance Red Cross Equipment Society is now 
dissolved, having completed its work and having rendered an account of 
its actions since May 9th, 1898 to March ist, 1899. 

EXTRACT OF LETTER FROM GEN. WOOD. 

Headquarters Military Government, 
Mrs. Cowles, Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 21st, 1898. 

No. 68g Madison Ave., New York. 
Dear Mrs. Cowles : 

The packages of supplies were landed here the day before yesterday, and will be 
most useful. I distributed a great deal of them among the troops just embarking to go 



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home, as the men were all more or less sick, many of them barely able to walk. I felt 
that on the sea voyage, where they will have only the ration food, the supplies that you 
had sent down would be very useful. I have also furnished some to the few regular 
troops still here. The Red Cross is about to leave here for Havana, and we shall con- 
tinue to need assistance from the United States for some time to come. ... If any- 
one could go into the hospitals here, simply walk through them, I am sure that he would 
realize that there are very few places in the world where supplies, such as you have just 
sent, are mere needed and will be needed for some time to come. . . . You know 
what we may need here in the way of supplies, though generally speaking, the foods for 
sick people, such as soups, extract of beef, prepared foods, rice, rolled oats, fresh acid 
fruits, if possible, are things which are of the greatest service here. 

Yours very sincerely, Leonard Wood. 

EXTRACT OF LETTER FROM LIEUT. COL. HAVARD. 

Headquarters Department of Santiago. 
Chief Surgeon's Office. 
My Dear Doctor: Sept. ist, 1898. 

Having often heard of the generosity and munificence of the Red Cross Society, I 
venture to ask you to have the kindness to make a request of it in behalf of the Medical 
Department at this city. We are very much in need of a steam or naptha launch for the 
transfer of our patients from shore to ship or hospital, or from ship to ship, and every 
day time is lost and the sick exposed to unnecessary risk and suffering for want 
of proper means of conveyance. . . . Yours very sincerely, 

V. Havard, 
Lieut. Colonel Chief Surgeon, U. S. V. 

EXTRACT OF LETTER FROM WM. H. ARTHUR. 

Harbor of Santiago de Cuba, Sept. 3rd, 1898. 
My Dear Mr. Dodge : 

If you could have seen yesterday the excellent work done by your launches, I think 
you would have been very much pleased. In two hours, without confusion, crowding or 
discomfort, we took off from shore and put to bed on the ship one hundred and ten 
patients. Those who were obliged to be carried on litters were sent on the launches, 
those able to sit up w.ere put into the ship's boats and towed over by the launches. . . . 
Altogether the supplies you sent are going directly to the men for whom you intended 
them and nothing will be lost, wasted or stolen, which is a source of satisfaction to every 
one, I am sure. . . . 

With renewed thanks for all you have done for the Missouri, I am. 

Yours sincerely, Wm. H. Arthur. 

EXTRACT OF LETTER FROM WM. H. ARTHUR. 

New York City, Sept. 17th, 1898. 
Dear Mrs. Robinson : 

The conditions at Santiago are such that a steam launch there to carry sick to and 
from hospitals, to take supplies to the yellow fever hospital which is very isolated, and for 
general hospital use, is almost absolutely necessary. . . . The surgeons at Santiago 
showed me very plainly how necessary such a launch was for the hospitals there and 
urged me to leave one of mine with them. 

The next transport leaving for Santiago will be the Berlin, which sails next 
Wednesday. Yours very truly, Wm. H. Arthur, 

Major Surgeon, U. S. V. 



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TREASURER'S REPORT. 

CHIEF ITEMS OF EXT'ENDITURE. 

For Ambulances and Harness $ 3.59^ 05 

For Uniforms 447 75 

Medical and Surgical Supplies. Army Canteens, Hospital Tents and 
Filters, Surgical Instruments, Rubber Beds, Carbonating Plant, 

Disinfector, Fan Motor and Litters 7.964 I9 

Two Launches (for use in Cuba) 4.905 oo 

Food Supplies. Highland Water, Ginger Ale, Preserved Fruits, Condensed 
Milk, etc., American Food Co.'s Supplies, Mineral Waters, 

Groceries..' 8,569 41 

Supplies for Manila by Transport Grant 5,ooo 00 

THROUGH INDIVIDUALS AND AGENTS FOR RELIEF. 

To establish depots at Camps Alger, Chickamauga and Jackson- 
ville S 2,500 00 

Through Col. Roosevelt 537 23 

At Montauk Point S.ooo 00 

At Other Camps 5, 000 00 

Through Mrs. Marquand (Relief at Long Island City) 5.000 00 

Through Dr. Mott 1.500 00 

Through Mrs. Manson 200 00 

Through Mrs. Warner (Washington) 200 00 

Through Mrs. Parish (for Convalescent Home) 550 00 

Through Mrs. Ollesheimer (Relief of Returning Volunteers) 200 00 

Through Mrs. Moulton (at Jacksonville) 350 00 

Through Mrs. Robinson (at Orange Hospital) 200 00 

Through Mrs. Ollesheimer 973 18 

Mr. Tappen (for Camps) 10,000 00 

32,210 41 
Remaining Items of Expense include Mules, Freight, Telegrams, 

Clothing, etc 8,930 79 

To Ruth Morgan, Treasurer of Fund for Army and Navy, Balance of 4,000 00 

Total . $ 75-623 60 

Total Received $ 75,623 60 

Total Expended $ 75,623 60 

Robert Bacon, Treasurer. 

Balance received from Mr. Bacon $ 4,000 00 

Interest on Money deposited with J. P. Morgan & Co 312 97 

Balance of Orange Auxiliary 132 50 

Total % 4,445-47 

Ruth Morgan, 
Treasurer of Fund for Army and Navy. 



AUXILIARY No. 2, 

Women's Conference, Society for Ethical Culture. 

Mrs. H. Ollesheimer, President. 
Mrs. L. Seligsberg, Secretary. 
Mrs. T. Hellman, Treasurer. 

An old adage says : " The way to do a thing is to do it." It is there- 
fore with pardonable pride that I submit the report of the Red Cross 
work done by the Women's Conference, for in truth we have carried 
out to the fullest extent the work we set ourselves to do. 

Immediately upon the outbreak of the war, a National Relief Com- 
mittee to the American Red Cross Society, was formed, and at once 
invited the co-operation of all organized societies, philanthropic or 
otherwise, in its proposed work for the soldiers, who were now facing 
sickness, suffering, and untold hardships ; and who, as shown by former 
experiences, would be in imperative need of greater relief than the Gov- 
ernment would be able to give unaided. 

How wise and true this forethought was, it is now needless to recall, 
for even those not actively employed at the side of sick and convalescent 
soldiers, or tenderly fortifying a distracted mother, have heard the cry : 
" What would we have done without the Red Cross." 

At a meeting called Monday afternoon, May 9, 1898, the Women's 
Conference, enthusiastically resolved to become an auxiliary to the 
National Committee, and do all in its power to further the good cause. 

Our Society being the second to offer its services to the National 
Organization, received the name Red Cross Auxiliary No. 2. 

After much discussion as to what form our work should take, it was 
foreseen that upon the enlisting of the men, many families would be 
deprived of important bread winners, and much consequent distress 
would result, our Society decided to devote its energies to the employment 
of women members of the families of enlisted men, and when necessary, 
of such others as had been thrown out of work by the serious commercial 
conditions incidental to the war. These women to make such clothing 
and bedding as would be needed for the sick and convalescent soldiers ; 
which when finished, was to be turned over to the National Red Cross 
Relief Committee for distribution. Thus making our work do a two-fold 



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purpose ; that of aiding the soldiers who went to the front, and giving 
relief to the families they left at home. It will not be inappropriate to 
here mention a letter received by your president in which a whole com- 
pany of a regiment expressed its gratitude to Red Cross Auxiliary No. 2 
for the relief of mind so many of the soldiers had had, through the assurance 
that their wives and daughters had this dignified means of helping 
themselves. 

Experience having shown that there would be many who could not leave 
their homes or children, it was decided to give employment both at the 
homes of these women and at a shop opened for this purpose. By 
canvassing near by camps and investigating cases of reputed distress, our 
first workers were secured, and sadly in need of help were they, as will be 
proven by relating a few example cases. 

Mrs. H was reported to us in great need of assistance. She was 

found to be the mother of six little ones, the oldest being twelve, with the 
prospect of an early addition to the family. Her husband had enlisted, 
as he had been out of work for a long time, and as the poor mother 
pathetically explained it : " He was a good man, but so large and took 
up so much room," that she was quite relieved at his going ; the home 
consisting of one large room, and a dark partition called another. Mrs, 

H was eagerly grateful to get to work, and has done so steadily since 

the first day the Auxiliary opened, up to date, with the exception of two 
days when the baby came, when she eagerly begged not to be deprived of 
what had been such great help. Kind friends, with an occasional dona- 
tion from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Family Protective Association, have 
paid her rent, and the work done for us has kept them in food. Her 

husband is still with his regiment in the South. Mrs. H is cheerful 

and contented as long as she is supplied with the work, which means 
so much to her. 

Perhaps a more cheerful case to contemplate is that of Mrs. G , the 

mother of two very small children, whose husband enlisted as a sailor in 
the navy. He had been a furnace feeder at an electric-light station, 
but through sickness and hard luck, left in very desperation at their 
straightened circumstances. The pay he sent home, added to the work 
she received from us, kept the little family while he was gone. He has 
now received his discharge and secured permanent work. 

And now, only one more case to prove the necessity of the policy of 
our work. Mrs. D., whose husband is a boiler-maker, rheumatic, and 
long out of work, is the mother of five children, the oldest of whom, a boy 
of twenty, drove an ash-cart and was the main support of the family. 
His entire gang, his mother explained, enlisted, and he had not the 
courage to face their taunts, as he at first tried to, and went too. The 



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only support left was a boy of sixteen earning $3.50 a week, which, with 
washing which Mrs. D. had done for us, has kept the wolf from the door. 
The soldier son has now returned, a physical wreck, and will only be an 
added care and expense for some time to come. 

By active co-operation with kindred societies, and our objects soon 
becoming known, there was never a dearth of women of all ages wanting 
and needing work. 

The case of each applicant for work, unless coming' with proper cre- 
dentials, was carefully looked into by our Investigating Committee, and it 
is safe to state that there never was any one employed who did not 
actually need and merit the work. 

Although all the work turned out was of the highest order possible under 
the conditions, it was arranged to meet the requirements of such inex- 
perienced and inefficient help, as we necessarily had ; at the same time 
filling the requisitions of the Central Supply Depot. This was done by 
giving hand-sewing to those who could not sew by machine, and washing 
and ironing and stamping for those who could not sew at all. 

Through the courtesy of the owner of Tuxedo Hall, our work-shop 
was first located there, and is there at present, free of charge ; but during 
the months of July and August, we made use of the Society House, 669 
Madison Avenue, which proved a great boon during those almost unen- 
durably hot months. 

Because work of this kind cannot be carried on absolutely on the 
same strict lines that an ordinary factory is, and because we desired our 
workers to secure other work as soon as possible, should they be able to 
do so, we limited the daily wage to about 50 cents for indoor hands, and 
three dollars' worth of work for outside employees. 

The prices for work done were as follows : 



Sheets, 


per dozen 


to sew. 


$3-oo 


To wash 


and iron, 


$1.00 


Pillow cases, 






3.00 


a 


tt 


1. 00 


Night-shirts, 






3.00 


it 


tt 


1. 00 


Surgical-shirts, 






3.00 


tt 


tt 


1. 00 


Negligee-shirts 






3.00 


To iron, 


$0.50 




Pajamas, 






3.00 


tt 


•50 




Flannel bands. 






•75 








Pads, 






1. 00 








Handkerchiefs, 






•50 


To wash. 


$0.25 




Wash cloths. 








tt 


•25 




Towels, 


(( 


It 


•50 


(( 


•25 





All buttons and buttonholes extra, at the rate of $1.00 for 100. 
Thus making the wages for outside work comparatively high, but as 
the amount was limited to $3.00 a week, the dangers of over-paying were 



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eliminated, while the women had an opportunity to look after their house- 
holds and' children, and still earn this money besides. This was only 
varied when the distress of the individual was so great as to warrant more 
work, or when we received hurry orders, as was frequently the case, from 
the Central Depot. Then all workers received extra pay for extra work, 
many indoor hands taking work home at night. 

For example, we received a requisition for five hundred flannel bands, 
which were needed at once. These were delivered in a few days, and our 
regular work continued besides. It is here interesting to note that the 
model of the flannel band made by our workers, was at once adopted by 
the Government and is now given to all the soldiers and sailors with their 

clothing supply. 

The hours of the shop were from nine to five (and half a day on 
Saturdays) with three quarters of an hour for luncheon, for which the 
Auxiliary provided tea, milk, etc. 

The things manufactured included sheets, pillow-cases, night-shirts, 
pajamas, handkerchiefs, wash-cloths, flannel bands, towels, surgical 
shirts, negligee shirts, and pads for beds. 

The entire work was ably managed by a paid superintendent, who 
took charge of the women in the shop, and also gave out and received 
the work done by those working at their homes. This soon became an 
herculean task, as the wants and work of eighty women daily had to be 
looked after. To her faithful and untiring zeal, most of the success of 
our work is due, and to her loving interest in each individual worker, 
many a case of distress was brought to our notice, which otherwise would 
have passed unwatched, and many a hard step was made easy, as is testi- 
fied by the devotion and constant appeal to her justice by all who worked 
under her. 

Although a paid cutter had eventually to be employed, much help 
was given by our Sewing Society in cutting for us, and in purchasing 
materials at reduced rates ; and through the co-operation of the Alliance 
Employment Bureau of the New York Association of Working Girls' 
Societies, permanent positions were secured for thirty-nine of our 
workers. 

The National Relief Committee formed a Supply Committee of the 
presidents of the various auxiliaries, which met weekly, and apportioned 
the work needed from each auxiliary, thus keeping each one of us in 
direct touch with the needs of the great work going on all over our 
country. 

The weekly demands upon our Auxiliary were very large, as will be 
shown by the enormous quantities of things we turned out, but every 
effort was made to meet these requirements, and in all instances most 



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successfully. The very fact that we were helping our sick and suffering 
soldiers being a constant impetus to our workers to do their work 
faithfully and well. 

We have employed 145 women since May 20th, many having had 
steady work for ten months and over ! 

The articles manufactured by our Auxiliary, and turned over to the 
Supply Committee for distribution, were : 

3209 sheets 466 negligee shirts 

2660 pillow cases 356 surgical " 

31 19 wash rags 1896 towels 

8806 handkerchiefs 1885 abdominal bands 

936 pajamas (suits) (each two 222 quilted pads 
pieces) 456 altered shirts 

649 night shirts i Red Cross flag 

205 rolls of bandages 

Of the families employed by us there are only eight whose bread- 
winners have returned, and are again working. 

Our expenses during the summer months were about $1200 monthly. 
The strictest economy was observed throughout. No rent was paid for 
workshops or machines, the latter being loaned by kind friends, while 
the services of the officers were given without remuneration, as it is 
hardly necessary to relate. Every dollar spent has really been productive 
of a two-fold good. 

Our Finance Committee, so enthusiastically and so ably headed by 
Mrs. Hellman made only two appeals for support of our work through 
which 

The receipts were $7334 91 

And expenses : 

Wages $5048 64 

Materials 1 505 26 

Printing, postage, etc 99 89 

$6653 79 
Leaving a balance on hand $ 681 12 

On September ist active hostilities having ceased, our treasury being 
in a low state, and in anticipation of the superfluity of further relief in 
this direction, the indoor shop was closed, and the number of our workers 
limited to thirty-five outside hands (representing only families of enlisted 
men), who now receive and deliver work three mornings a week. 

At a recent meeting of the Supply Committee the needs of a con- 



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tinuance of our work were carefully discussed, and it was decided as 
for some time to come, there would be a large army of occupation sent 
to the territory at present under our care, it would be well for the Red 
Cross Society to hold itself in readiness to supply such things to our 
soldiers when sick in these foreign countries, as our experience has shown 
us the Government would not give, but which tend so much to ease both 
the sick and convalescent stage. 

Nevertheless it was deemed wise to have all the auxiliaries employed 
in the manufacturing of clothes, etc., to cease active work, except ours^ 
Auxiliary No. 2 (a splendid tribute to our policy of work) which was 
requested by unanimous consent, to continue. 

As the sickness among our soldiers, both at the camps and at home 
continued, and the consequent distress in their families, to whose support 
they cannot as yet contribute, and to whom they are often an added ex- 
pense, joined to the fact that there are still large requisitions for things 
such as we have manufactured, it was shown that our two-fold work was 
as much needed now, as at the beginning of the war. 

Upon this decision, several of the other auxiliaries generously volun- 
teered to turn over such materials and money, still in their possession, for 
the furtherance of our work, which was continued until April 24th. 

Before closing, even though I have always deemed it a privilege for us 
" stay-at-homes " to be allowed to show our appreciation of our brave 
soldier boys at the front, I would like to take this opportunity of express- 
ing the heartfelt gratitude of the Conference to our many friends who 
so generously donated time, money, materials, and delicacies, without 
which even a labor of love like ours, could not have been the success 
I have the pleasure of reporting. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Sarah Scheuer Ollesheimer, 

President. 



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AUXILIARY No. 3. 
OFFICERS 

Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., LL.D., Honorary President. 

Mrs. James Speyer, President. 

Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting, First Vice-President. 

Mrs. William D. Sloane, Second Vice-President. 

Mrs. Winthrop Cowdin, Third Vice-President. 

Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, Secretary. 

Mrs. George F. Shrady, Jr., Recording Secretary. 

F. K, Sturgis, Esq., Treasurer. 

Mrs. Edmund L. Baylies, Assistant Treasurer. 

New York, March i, 1S99. 
To the American National Red Cross Relief Committee : 

The Red Cross Society for Maintenance of Trained Nurses has the 
honor to submit the following report of its work from May 18, 1898, to 
March i, 1899 : 

In every war of modern times the problem of how best to carry on 
relief work is one that has occupied the attention of patriotic and philan- 
thropic people. No Government hospital service has ever been fully 
equal to the emergencies of war ; and with the best intentions such an 
end is impossible of attainment with the methods in vogue. Recent ex- 
perience has taught valuable lessons in all that pertains to hospital 
service. 

In presenting this report, therefore, of the history and operations of 
Auxiliary No. 3, it is desired not only to pay fitting tribute to those who 
have labored in the Society's behalf, but to record such facts as will 
assist in the better understanding and management of similar work in the 
future. 

In a complete summary of the work of this Society, it is impossible to 
make its plan and scope clear without occasionally repeating what has al- 
ready been so well stated in the interesting account compiled by the then 
Third Vice-President, Mrs. Winthrop Cowdin, of a portion of the Society's 
work which was performed between May i8th and November i, 1898. 

As soon as hostilities were declared, the feeling became general 



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throughout the country that women should assist personally in the care 
of the sick and wounded. Since Florence Nightingale, the great pro- 
totype of her profession, organized a corps of women nurses at the 
suggestion of the British Sanitary Commission, and worked heroically 
in the hospitals of Scutari during the Crimean war, woman's peculiar 
fitness for this service has been fully demonstrated. 

With the desire, therefore, to give our soldiers and sailors every ad- 
vantage in sickness that modern skill and science afford, and in 
response to a request from the Woman's Committee on Auxiliaries of 
the American National Red Cross Relief Committee, this Society was 
organized by Mrs. James Speyer, who became its President. The first 
meeting was held May i8, 1898, at the residence of Mrs. W. Bayard 
Cutting, when officers were elected, and the Executive Committee was 
appointed. 

A circular letter was issued, setting forth the purpose to supplement 
the efforts of the National Government in providing suitable care for 
sick soldiers and sailors, and calling for donations and subscriptions of 
money. 

In the beginning it was the intention to supply sufficient funds to 
maintain one hundred trained nurses on a Red Cross Hospital Ship, 
which at that time the American National Red Cross Relief Committee 
proposed to buy and equip. The Relief Committee, however, soon gave 
up the idea of owning a hospital ship. This in no wise curtailed the 
Society's usefulness : for while it was organized primarily to maintain 
nurses on a ship, the appeal for funds in anticipation of a possible 
change of plan had been made to include the collecting of money for 
the maintenance of nurses elsewhere. 

Each of the one hundred Associate Members of the Society was asked 
to furnish a list of twenty names of persons to whom she would send 
an appeal for funds. These lists were carefully compared by the special 
committee appointed for that purpose, so that no person would receive 
more than one appeal. 

Donations of any amount from one dollar upwards were asked for, and a 
monthly subscription list was started. In this way at the end of the first 
week, $5000 was given or subscribed. The prompt generosity with which 
the appeal was met continued unabated during the summer and autumn, 
and never ceased until $108,980.68 had been raised, and notice was 
given by the Executive Committee that no further funds were required. 
A full financial statement from F. K, Sturgis, Esq., Treasurer, and Mrs. 
Edmund L. Baylies, Assistant Treasurer, will be found at the end of this 
report. 

As soon as the summer exodus from town began, suburban branches of 



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the Society were started, and eventually there were seventeen of these in op- 
eration. In the country districts all were eager to show their interest in hav- 
ing the men at the front well cared for, even little children giving their 
mites to swell the fund. Warm commendation is due to those who organized 
these branches, and labored unceasingly throughout the entire summer 
to make them successful. Social pleasures and recreations of all kinds 
were made to give place to the absorbing task of distributing mite boxes, 
keeping a full subscription list, conducting sewing societies, and giving en- 
tertainments to raise funds. At the end of four months the combined 
efforts of all the branches yielded a return of $30,673.42, not includ- 
iaig the gifts of friends from Paris, France, secured through Mr. R. W. 
Corbin, and received and forwarded by the courtesy of Messrs. John 
Munroe & Company. These donations alone amounted to $21,287.78. 

Shortly after the organization of the Society, the President appointed 
a Committee on Nurses consisting of Mrs, Whitelaw Reid, Chairman, and 
Mrs. W. Lanman Bull, to select nurses and arrange for their transporta- 
tion, and to make all final decisions as to the relations of the Society 
with the Government in respect to nurses. On July 21st, Mrs. Winthrop 
Cowdin was added to this Committee. 

With the abandonment of the plan for the hospital ship, the scope 
of the Society's work was much enlarged, as it was then decided to 
place trained women nurses in the army hospitals. It was not possible 
to follow the Red Cross rule of volunteer service. Competent trained 
women nurses were unable in most cases to work without salary, many 
having others dependent upon them for support ; but they all gave evi- 
dence of patriotism in being willing to serve for much less than they 
would ordinarily receive. None but graduates of good standing, from 
well-known training schools in this and other cities were accepted, and 
in their selection the Committee had the assistance of the best train- 
ing-school superintendents in New York. Many nurses were seen, their 
qualifications and references were examined, and the chosen names 
were placed on a reserve list, so that when the first call came from San- 
tiago on June 30th, the Committee was ready to respond. 

The first party of nurses sent by the Society went to Tampa a few days 
later under the charge of Miss Laura D. Gill. It consisted of twelve 
trained nurses, one immune nurse, and one assistant. A second and third 
detachment followed, consisting of five physicians, forty-three nurses, and 
six orderlies. The five physicians, twenty-nine of the nurses, and two 
of the orderlies were all able to leave on the U. S. transport Lampasas, 
and reached Santiago just after the surrender ; but as only immunes 
were then allowed to land, the nurses proceeded with General Miles to 
Porto Rico, where the Lampasas, which was well supplied with food and 



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ice, was used as a hospital ship. In all, 112 patients were treated, only 
eight of whom died. Many men had to be refused on account of lack of 
space. The Lampasas sailed north August ist, and landed the patients 
at the General Hospital, Fortress Monroe, on the 7th, in better condi- 
tion than those on any other transport that had yet come in. The follow- 
ing letter from Col. Charles R. Greenleaf will show how efficient were 
the services of these nurses and how much appreciated : 

Headquarters of the Army, 
Office of the Chief Surgeon, 
PoNXE, Puerto Rico, July 31, 1898. 
Miss Rutty, 

In charge Detachment of Nurses from National Red Cross Association. 
Dear Miss Rutty, 
I desire to express, on behalf of the Medical Department in the field, my thanks to you, 
and through you to the ladies under your charge, for the services you have rendered and 
are still rendering to the sick soldiers on board the Lampasas. No words of mine can ex- 
press my appreciation of the self-sacrificing efforts you have each and all made, and your 
unflinching devotion to duty. It is a source of deep regret to me that you should have 
been surrounded by so many discomforts, and have had so little material to work with, 
but you are fully cognizant of the circumstances under which we have been placed since 
our sick were put aboard the Lampasas and it is unnecessary for me to say any more re- 
garding it. Wishing you and the noble association of women you represent every suc- 
cess, and hoping if my duties are continued that I may see you again at this post, I am, 
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

Charles R. Greenleaf, 

Col. Chief Surgeon of the Army, 

Of the nurses left in Tampa, five went to Cuba and later returned in 
charge of the patients on the steamer Concho. The others remained at 
Tampa. With the appearance of typhoid fever in the camp there, four 
nurses under the charge of Mrs. E. B. Freer served in the Division Hos- 
pital at Picnic Island until that camp was given up, when their services 
were requested by Col. O'Reilly to superintend the opening of a new 
military hospital in West Tampa. Permission for this was granted, and 
a large school building was prepared for hospital purposes ; it accom- 
modated 150 patients, and in tents on the grounds 150 more could be 
cared for. Most excellent work was done by these nurses, though they 
were hampered by losing the help of their trained assistants. Mrs. Freer 
was made superintendent of the hospital, and later had Government 
nurses under her. In all over 500 patients were treated, many of whom 
were very ill, but only eleven of whom died, thus showing what trained 
service can do to make a low death-rate. 

As no more nurses were able to go to Cuba on account of the out- 
break of yellow fever there, the Government only accepting immunes, 
the Society felt that the next greatest want was for good nurses in our 



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home camps and army hospitals. The appearance of typhoid and other 
fevers was so sudden and overwhelming in the different regimental and 
division hospitals, that the orderlies were unable to give adequate service, 
while in addition many sick men were being brought home from Cuba on 
the different transports. It was deemed necessary therefore to get into 
closer relations with the Government, in order that our nurses might be 
accepted in these hospitals. On July 15th, a Special Committee, con- 
sisting of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, Mrs. Winthrop Cowdin, and Mr. Howard 
Townsend, was sent to Washington to confer with the authorities on this 
matter. President McKinley considerately granted the Committee an 
immediate interview, and very kindly arranged a conference at the White 
House, with the Secretary of War and the Surgeon-General. At this 
conference, the Committee was assured of the co-operation of the Govern- 
ment. General Sternberg agreed to meet the ladies again in New York 
the next day ; and at this meeting results were reached, which were 
stated in a letter from General Sternberg to Mrs. Reid, as follows : 

I take pleasure in confirming by letter the arrangements made at our interview in New 
York on the 17th instant. I am quite willing to employ female nurses vouched for by 
yourself as Secretary of the Red Cross Society for Maintenance of Trained Nurses. I 
had previously made very satisfactory arrangements for the employment of trained female 
nurses through a Committee of the Daughters of the Revolution. As I said to you dur- 
ing our interview, I recognize the value of trained female nurses in general hospitals, and 
we expect to make use of their services to such an extent as seems to be desirable. But 
I do not approve of sending female nurses with troops in the field, or to camps of in- 
struction. It is the intention to transfer the seriously sick men from our field hospitals 
to the general hospitals as soon as practicable ; and we wish our enlisted men of the 
Hospital Corps to take care of the sick in the Division Field Hospitals and in camps of 
instruction, so that they may be fully prepared to perform the same duties when the 
troops are in active operation. 

Among these privates of the Hospital Corps who constitute the Red Cross organiza- 
tion of the regular military service, and who are non-combatants in accordance with the 
terms of the Geneva Convention, we have many medical students and even graduates in 
medicine. I have made an exception with reference to sending female nurses to Cuba, 
in view of the outbreak of yellow fever at Santiago, and I am now sending immune 
nurses, both male and female, for duty at the yellow fever hospitals. In accordance with 
our agreement, you are authorized to send ten female trained nurses, selected by your- 
self, to the Leiter Hospital at Camp Thomas, Georgia ; ten to the United States General 
Hospital at Fort Monroe, Va., and two to the hospital at Fort Wadsworth, N. Y., the 
understanding being that those at Fort Monroe and at Fort Wadsworth shall be boarded 
and lodged outside of the hospital. 

Thanking you very sincerely for your earnest efforts in behalf of our sick and 
wounded soldiers, I am, Yours very truly, 

Geo. M. Sternberg. 

A second letter authorized the Society to send twenty nurses to 
Charleston, as follows : 



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Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, 

451 Madison Avenue, 

New York City. 
Dear Madam : 

I have just received the following telegram from Charleston : 

Charleston, S. C, July 20, 1898. 
To THE Surgeon-General, U. S. A., Washington, D. C. : 

I would recommend that twenty nurses be ordered to this station for duty in St, 
Francis Xavier's and city hospitals. Impossible for hospitals to obtain sufficient help. 
ClkytO'S Vkkkhiij^, Alajor and Chief Surgeon, U.S. V., 
Chief Surgeon, First Division, First Corps. 
If you see fit to fill this requisition, I shall be glad to have you do so. 

Very truly yours, 
Geo. M. Sternberg, Surgeon-General, U. S. Army. 

In answer to this last order, twenty nurses went to Charleston, S. C, 
on July 24th, under Miss Martha L. Draper, who showed great ability in 
arranging for the nurses, and seeing them started in their work in the 
different hospitals, which were very much overcrowded. 

In addition to this, three men nurses, graduates of the Mills Training 
School of Bellevue, were sent to the Marine Hospital at Staten Island ; 
and Miss Marjorie Henshall went with three women nurses to the Post 
Hospital at Fort Wadsworth. Additional nurses were sent to Fort Wads- 
worth as the need became greater, till their number finally increased to 
forty-one, and Miss Henshall had two hospitals under her care. In 
recognition of her admirable work, she was chosen as the head of the 
party of nurses afterward sent to Manila. Summing up the work at Fort 
Wadsworth, Miss Henshall says : " Almost eight hundred patients have 
been well cared for, and many of these carried successfully through very 
serious illnesses. Seven deaths occurred, four of which were beyond 
medical aid when admitted." 

The rest of the nurses left at Tampa awaiting orders were now sent 
to the Leiter Hospital, near Chattanooga, and accomplished good work 
there, though the service was very exacting. Miss Maud Cromelien was 
sent to inspect their work, and reported that Major Carter, the surgeon 
in charge, said that "the nurses were indispensable to him." While 
there, she visited Chickamauga Park, to examine the Division Hospitals 
at Camp George H. Thomas, and reported as follows : " One glance was 
enough to convince me that trained nurses were greatly needed to care 
for the sick, most of whom were suffering from typhoid fever. The ma- 
jority of patients were in a wretched condition, and needed skilled nurs- 
ing to give them even a chance to recover. I called upon Col. J. V. R. 
Hoff, Chief Surgeon in the field, and stated to him that ' The Red Cross 
is ready to put nurses in at least one division hospital ; to erect the tents 



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needed for nurses, and to defray all expenses, such as provisions and 
erection of tents, all utensils needed in them, food, mineral water, 
laundry, etc., and to provide them with a competent matron ; and all to 
be subject to whatever orders or discipline the surgeon in charge ad- 
vises.' At first it was not considered wise to expose women to the hard- 
ships of life in a field hospital. However, in the end the exigencies of 
the situation prevailed, and Col. Hoff was kind enough to recommend my 
statement to General Sternberg, Surgeon-General of the Army. The 
following is a copy of his telegram, and its answer : 

Chickamauga Park, Ga., August 3, 1S98. 
Surgeon-General, Army, Washington, D. C. : 

Representative of Red Cross has arranged to send nurses, and provide for their 
material wants. Do you approve ? 

Hoff, Ch ief Sit rgeon . 

Surgeon-General's Office, Washington. 

August 3, 1S98. 
Hoff, Chief Surgeon, Chickamauga Park, Ga. : 

Yes ; you are authorized to accept Red Cross nurses. 

Sternberg, Surgeon-General. 

" I started the work at once, and with the efficient help of Mr. E. C. 
Smith, Field Agent for the American National Red Cross, I was able to 
prepare accommodations for twenty-five nurses at the Sternberg United 
States Field Hospital by August 12th. This hospital was then being 
established by Major R. E. Griffin, surgeon-in-charge." 

The following letter from him to Mrs. Reid is a statement as to the 
work done by the Red Cross nurses there : 

Dear Madam : 

The Red Cross Society for the Maintenance of Trained Nurses can truly say, " Veni, 
Vidi, Vici," for without their helping hand I would have been unable to have stayed the 
dread disease that has been raging in our camp. Their helping hand came in the hour of 
need, and the history of the future shall record each and every member of the Red Cross 
Society, as the guardian angels of the Sternberg Hospital. My experience of years of 
hospital work has enabled me to judge of the abilities of nurses, and I am proud to say that 
this corps of nurses under the excellent supervision of Miss Maxwell has never before 
been equalled. 

As to the untiring efforts of Miss Cromelien, and her success, after knocking at the 
door of the department for days to be allowed to admit your Society, words can never ex- 
press the praise due her. Miss Cromelien was here on the ground the day I put my first 
tent at the hospital, and immediately began building pavilions for the nurses. 

I am happy to say, madam, that the world owes you, and all who have been inter- 
ested in the Red Cross Society, a debt of gratitude ; for not one but all the nurses sent 
here have been of great help to me, not only in the care of the sick but in organizing and 
equipping the hospital. 

I extend to you, madam, and all the members of the Red Cross Society, a hearty in- 



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vitation to the Sternberg U. S. Field Hospital, that you may see for yourselves the good 
work that is going on. 

Again thanking you, on behalf of the sick boys under my care, for the good work done 
by your Society, I remain. Yours most truly, 

R. E. Griffin, 
ATajor and Chief Surgeon, U.S. Vols., Commanding Hospital. 

Before passing to the work at Sternberg Hospital in greater detail, 
we here quote from Col. Hoff's letter to Miss Cromelien : 

Headquarters Camp Geo. H. Thomas, Ga., 
August 26, 1898. 
Dear Madam : 

I desire to express my sense of obligations to you, and the Society you represent, for 
the generous offer they made on the second of August, to supply Sternberg Hospital with 
trained nurses, and meet all their natural wants, which offer, with the approval of the 
Surgeon-General of the Army, I accepted on the 3d instant. 

A very short time after this, you established a nursing service in this Field Hospital, 
which I venture to say, is not surpassed in any hospital, and is equalled in few ; a service 
which has already brought to our sick soldiers untold comfort, and is aiding materially in 
their restoration to health and strength. 

Certainly no nobler undertaking could be imagined and carried out by the women of 
our country, and none deserving of greater appreciation. 

Very respectfully, 

John Van R. Hoff, 
{Lieut. Col.) Chief Surgeon, Third Corps. 

Miss Cromelien says further : " The work begun as an experiment has 
proved beyond doubt the ability of women to work as trained nurses in 
the field hospitals, and the small amount of sickness among us certainly 
shows that we have the physical endurance needed for such work under 
such peculiarly trying circumstances." 

Miss Maxwell, spoken of in Major Griffin's letter, was the Superinten- 
dent of the New York Presbyterian Hospital Training School, who 
through the courtesy of the Board of Managers, was accorded leave of 
absence, so that she might be enabled to meet the Society's wishes by 
taking charge of this very important work. The Government allowed 
her the choice of an assistant, and an adequate supply of nurses, and 
twenty efficient women were soon chosen from the leading training 
schools of the country. This number was very largely increased later. 
The sixty-four nurses sent by the Society received Government pay and 
rations. Additional maintenance and supplies for these, and for ninety- 
six other nurses ordered there by the Government were furnished by 
the Society. In all, the Society expended at Chickamauga for buildings, 
equipments, nurses' supplies and maintenance, $10,548.00, besides the 
sums required for transportation. The valuable aid of Miss Frances 
A. Stone was secured as Assistant Superintendent, and the party left New 
York on August 7th. Quoting in part from Miss Maxwell's report : 



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** On August 13th, we started for Sternberg U. S. Hospital, to begin the 
work we had set out to do. This hospital was intended to receive the 
overflow from the overcrowded Division Hospitals, and consisted of from 
170 to 200 tents with nine large, wooden pavilions, and was designed to 
hold 1000 patients. Besides Miss Maxwell, Miss Stone, a manager, and a 
dietician were maintained by the Society. The 160 nurses came from all 
parts of the Union, thirty-one training schools being represented. Eight 
dormitories, the kitchen, dining-room, bath-house, and storerooms, 
housekeeper, and servants were provided. The supplies of soups, jellies, 
and fruits for the nurses were constantly drawn upon for the use of the 
patients. The number of patients received at this Hospital during the 
three and a half months of its existence was iioo. The largest number 
of patients cared for at any one time was 536. Four hundred and seventy 
were furloughed or transferred to their homes by hospital trains which 
were often fitted up by the supplies from our stores, and only seventy- 
eight died. 

Ten nurses were at first sent to the General Hospital at Fortress Mon- 
roe in charge of Miss Lida G. Starr, but later others followed, and at one 
time, the number maintained there by the Society was as large as forty- 
five. Miss Starr remained at Fortress Monroe until late in January, 
when she was recalled to New York to take charge of one of the parties 
of nurses sent to Manila. Only thirty-four patients died of the 1700 
treated, and much of the credit of this is due to Miss Starr's manage- 
ment. Major De Witt, the surgeon-in-charge, said : 

" I am satisfied that whatever success we may have had in the treat- 
ment of our sick and wounded, has been in a great measure due to the 
skill and devotion of the female nurses." 

In August when the Government bought the Missouri for a hospital 
ship, trained male nurses were offered to Major Arthur, the officer-in- 
charge. He finally decided to accept the men offered by this Society, 
instead of the ten nurses allowed him by the Government, who were 
only paid the regulation salary. This was less than half the amount 
necessary to secure the services of such able men, and the Society as- 
sumed the payment of the balance of salary. That he did not repent his 
decision, seems to be fully shown by the following letter from the chief 
surgeon of the Hospital Ship Missouri to Mrs. Cowdin, dated Oct. 11, 
189S : 

" The experience of our trip to Santiago was repeated during our trip 
to Porto Rico and return, and the nurses recommended by you did their 
work most satisfactorily. I wrote from Santiago, telling what willing, 
skilful, and generally excellent services these men had rendered us. 
Everything I called upon them to do, and I asked a great deal of them, 



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was done promptly, cheerfully, and well. They volunteered to do a great 
deal that I could not reasonably have asked them to do, — cleaning floors, 
unpacking and storing supplies, and helping in many ways before the 
patients were brought on board. Altogether I am very much pleased 
with these men, and very glad to say that they are willing to continue in 
the service." 

These men were chiefly selected from the Mills Training School ; and 
a few with the assistance of Dr. Fisher, of the Presbyterian Hospital. 
They fully deserved Major Arthur's commendation, and on the second 
and third trips their number was increased to fifteen. They have since 
been found to be so valuable that they are now permanently employed 
by the Government on the Missouri at full salaries. On the arrival of 
the Concho at Swinburn Island, Miss Wyckoff and Miss Barker assisted 
in caring for the patients, and when they were transferred to Governor's 
Island, Major Kimball, the surgeon-in-charge, requested that these nurses 
be allowed to remain and assist his hospital corps. This was not only 
granted, but additional nurses were sent later. 

Much good was also done by our representative at Fort Hamilton. 
There the work was in charge of Miss M. E. Wood, who writes as 
follows : 

" In all, six hundred and one soldiers have been treated within the last 
ten weeks. Of the three who have died, two were in such a condition 
when taken off the transport that they lived only a short time. 

" On September loth, word was received that one hundred patients 
would arrive by the Shinnecock, at 10.30 a.m., but when they came at 
11.30, there were two hundred and twenty-six instead of one hundred. 
However, Miss Mische and her assistants in the diet kitchen were so well 
prepared that within one hour every man had been fed. Some of them 
were very ill, and all looked utter wrecks. It has been most wonderful 
to watch them grow young again under good food in plenty, intelligent 
medical care, and rest on their comfortable cots. Men who looked forty- 
five or fifty years old, have changed so that it is now possible to believe 
their statement that they are twenty-two, or twenty-eight, as the case may 
be. During our busiest time there were in all fifteen female nurses under 
conditions totally different from any they had met before ; but they 
adapted themselves to the surroundings and saved many lives, not only by 
good nursing, but by giving fresh courage, cheer, and comfort to the 
downcast and despairing patients." 

Soon after the first party of nurses had been sent to Fortress Mon- 
roe and Leiter Hospital, Mrs. Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee, director 
of the D. A. R. Hospital Corps, visited New York to consult with the 
Committee on Nurses as to the best means of co-operating with the 



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Government in regard to the distinction between Government nurses, and 
nurses sent out by the Society for the Maintenance of Trained Nurses. It 
was agreed that the Society would co-operate with the Government in 
every way, and, to make everything absolutely clear, Mrs. Cowdin, for the 
Committee on Nurses, visited Washington. After her consultations with 
the members of the Hospital Corps, a fund of $500 was placed in the 
hands of Mrs. Amos G. Draper, the Treasurer, to pay for immediate 
transportation expenses for nurses, as Congress had not appropriated any 
sum for this purpose. In all $5,425.80 were so disbursed by the Society, 
until the Government assumed all further transportation charges on Sep- 
tember 6th. It was also agreed that the Society would allow the nurses 
to sign Government contracts when so required, the Society to pay their 
maintenance and transportation in some cases, in others only transportation. 



When the first Spanish prisoners from Admiral Cervera's fleet be- 
gan to arrive at Portsmouth, the committee heard that the prisoners were 
in need of skilled care, many being very badly wounded. Letters and 
telegrams were at once sent to Surgeon-General Van Ruypen, of the 
Navy, asking permission to send male nurses to Portsmouth to take 
care of the prisoners. The desired permission was received, and a de- 
tail of six men, all graduates of the Mills Training School, was immedi- 
ately sent. 

Commodore Geo. C. R. Emery writes to Mrs. Cowdin, Sept. 28th, of 
the results in the following words : 

Dear Madam : 

I have the honor to inform you that the Red Cross male nurses sent to this station by 
the Red Cross Society for the Maintenance of Trained Nurses, Auxiliary to the Ameri- 
can National Red Cross Relief Committee, to care for the sick Spanish prisoners, gave en- 
tire satisfaction in the performance of their duties. I can only add that the object of 
your Society is a credit to humanity. 

Mr. Brayman says, speaking of their experience : " We were cordially 
welcomed by Dr. Persons, who is the physician-in-charge. Lying be- 
tween the hospital building and the Piscataqua River were two long, low 
wooden buildings, which we soon found to be the scene of our labors. 
We began work at once, and with the Red Cross Supplies which shortly 
arrived, a change was soon brought about in the condition of the 
patients. In one pavilion were fifty-one, and the other fifty-six men, and 
we had six Spanish prisoners as assistants." 

These nurses cared for many hundreds of Spanish prisoners, only 
six of whom died ; and they made such a good impression that the Society 
was asked to give their services to the Spaniards on the return trip to 
Spain on the City of Rome. This was readily granted and their expenses 



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assumed by the Society. Every courtesy and consideration was shown 
them, Admiral Cervera even thanking them personally. 

A field nearer home was opened at Montauk. By the courtesy of the 
Managers of St. Luke's Hospital, Mrs. Quintard, their Superintendent, 
was given leave of absence, so that she was able to take charge of this de- 
partment. She acquitted herself most admirably, having superintend- 
ence of the Government nurses and hospitals. She writes : 

"On August 17th I went down with eleven nurses. With eleven nurses and seven 
hundred patients, where to begin was the first problem ; but in a few hours the nurses 
were distributed to the best advantage. Ten nurses arrived on a late train, so that the 
next day we started in with twenty nurses besides myself. Every train brought a few 
more nurses, but we could not keep pace with the arrival of the patients. Friday, 
August 17th, we received three hundred patients from the Mobile. That was the hardest 
day of all ; from 5.30 a.m. until 10.30 P.M., and even then we scarcely dared to leave our 
patients. The arrival of twenty Sisters of Charity, and twenty nurses increased our 
number materially, and now we could try to systematize our work, though we were met 
by difficulties not known in an ordinary hospital. What should we have done without 
the Red Cross Relief Association ! In response to my telegram, goods came with sur- 
prising swiftness. The Red Cross could always get transportation ; they seemed to have 
the power of getting things through when no one else could. By September ist we had 
about sixteen hundred patients, one hundred nurses and one hundred sisters. There were 
at this time forty-three hospitals, each supposed to hold thirty-five cots, but often contain- 
ing sixty patients. A very fine diet kitchen had been in running order for several days, 
and we were much better equipped in every way. I have asked several nurses who all 
were under my care, ill with typhoid fever, if they regretted having taken up the work. 
The answer has been invariably the same, emphatically, " No. Had I known the result, 
I should have given my service, even at the sacrifice of my life, and I hope to continue in 
the work if I regain my health. " 

Miss Young represented the Society at the Detention Hospital at 
Camp Wikoff, with fifty women under her. Her report says : 

" During the six weeks of its existence the Detention Hospital 
sheltered and cared for eighteen hundred very sick men. Of these sixty- 
two died, or rather less than four per cent. On September ist, Major E. 
B. Ebert was placed in command, and in a very short time he succeeded 
in transforming it into an orderly and well-equipped hospital." 

In all Mrs. Quintard and Miss Young had ten thousand patients 
under their care. 

Soon afterwards the Society became interested in the needs of the in- 
valid soldiers at the railroad stations, and provided a physician and nurses 
for their relief and comfort at the Long Island City Relief Station as long 
as the need existed. 

The fact that many invalids eager to start home with their regiments 
but unable to sit up, were making the long and exhausting trip from 
Montauk Point to Long Island City in midsummer, stretched on the floor 



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of baggage cars, was brought to Mrs. Whitelaw Reid's attention. She ap- 
pealed to Dr. W. Seward Webb, President of the Wagner Palace Car 
Company ; and on September 15th the use of the drawing-room cars 
"Franconia" and "Wayne" as ambulance or hospital cars, attached to 
trains running from Montauk Point to Long Island City, was kindly 
given by that Company, to assist in transporting men too ill to ride in 
ordinary passenger coaches. Three hundred and fifty patients were 
carried in this way. The cars were fitted up with every comfort for the 
transportation of sick persons, having a well-equipped diet kitchen, and 
the constant attendance of nurses and physicians. This was probably 
the means of saving many lives, for most of these men were very ill, and it 
was the care and skilled nursing they received that enabled them to stand 
the fatigue of the trip. Dr. George E. Brewer superintended the manage- 
ment of this work, assisted by Dr. Miller of New Rochelle and Dr. 
Prescott of Boston, and from time to time by contract surgeons. All of 
these physicians gave their services without remuneration, and they were 
assisted by four nurses, two being assigned to each car. 

The work at Camp Black, where the Society also tried to relieve suf- 
fering, was in charge of Miss Irene Sutliffe, Superintendent of the New 
York Hospital, who arrived there September 4th, with twelve nurses. 
The substance of her experience is as follows : 

"There were about one hundred and fifty patients at that time, all 
suffering with typhoid, or malarial fever, being cared for by men who 
knew nothing of nursing, many of them much afraid of the disease, and 
working very reluctantly. I notified Auxiliary No. 3 and the General 
Committee of the Red Cross Society of this condition, and of the urgent 
need for more nurses and supplies, including bed linen, etc. This appeal 
was responded to, as were the many demands made upon the Society, 
with the greatest cheerfulness and promptness. On September 20th it 
was deemed advisable to transfer the patients, nurses, and supplies to the 
Hempstead Hospital. On that day this was begun, but before it was ac- 
complished, on the 2ist, I was obliged to respond to an urgent summons 
to return to the New York Hospital, and very reluctantly left the Camp, 
leaving Miss Sanborn of St. Vincent's Hospital in charge." 

Every effort was made to care properly for the noble women who 
worked so faithfully for the Society. Nothing was spared to keep them 
in health and look after them in sickness. Over thirty nurses were par- 
tially or entirely cared for during illness, most of them being severe cases 
of typhoid. 

The success of the work of the Committee on Nurses was in a great 
measure due to the co-operation and experience of such women as Miss 
Agnes Brennan of the Bellevue School, Mrs. L. W. Quintard of St. 



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Luke's School, Miss Maxwell of the Presbyterian School, Miss Irene Sut- 
lit'fe of the New York Hospital School, Mrs. Willard of the Mills Train- 
ing School, and Miss M. E. Wadley of the Bureau of Registration for 
Trained Nurses. 

Mrs. Willard rendered valuable assistance in supplying the Society 
with male trained nurses, often attending personally to the purchase of 
uniforms, hammocks, and blankets, and Miss Brennan generously placed 
her time and knowledge at the disposal of the Society. Miss Maxwell 
kindly tendered the use of her office in the Presbyterian Hospital as a 
bureau for the registration of nurses. Through her offices the services 
of Miss K. N. Pierce, Superintendent of the Samaritan Hospital at Troy, 
N. Y., were secured, and she gave her entire vacation to the arduous task 
of registering and arranging for the transportation of many nurses whO' 
were sent in different directions. When Miss Pierce was obliged to leave, 
this work was conducted at No. 6 East 42d Street, and placed under the 
able management of Miss M. E. Wadley, who labored unremittingly to 
attain the greatest efficiency. 

In a work which has furnished many examples of patriotic devotion 
and self-sacrifice none is more worthy of mention than that of Miss 
Virginia C. Young. She generously volunteered on behalf of the Society 
to look after the special needs of the nurses in the Detention Hospital at 
Camp Wikoff, and was also successful in her ministrations for the com- 
fort of the sick. 

The Society is furthermore indebted to the Board of Managers of the 
Presbyterian, New York, and St. Luke's Hospitals for their kindness in 
granting leave of absence to the Superintendents of their respective 
Training Schools, thus making it possible to place the Society's work on 
a high plane of professional excellence, by enlisting the interest and co- 
operation of women looked upon as acknowledged authorities in the 
organization and direction of hospital service. 

The following is a summary of the nurses, partly or wholly main- 
tained by the Society : 

At Fort Wadsworth, forty-one nurses were maintained and paid by 
the Society. 

At Charleston, twenty nurses were maintained and paid by the Society. 

At Leiter Hospital, ten nurses were maintained and paid by the 
Society. 

At Governor's Island, six nurses were maintained and paid by the 
Society. 

At Tampa, five nurses were maintained and paid by the Society. 

At the Convalescent Home for Nurses, Rowayton, Conn., one nurse 
was maintained and paid by the Society, 



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On hospital cars, four nurses were maintained and paid by the 
Society. 

At Atlantic Highlands, five nurses and one surgeon were maintained 
and paid by the Society. 

At Camp Black, the salaries and laundry bills of forty-two nurses were 
paid by the Society. The Government provided army tents and rations. 

At Fort Hamilton, the salaries and laundry bills of twenty-three nurses 
were paid by the Society. The Government provided army tents and rations. 

At Fort Monroe, the salaries of forty-three nurses were paid by the 
Government. The Society provided maintenance for these, and salaries 
and maintenance for two Red Cross nurses. 

On the hospital ship Missouri, the salaries of fifteen men nurses were 
partially paid by the Society. These nurses were maintained by the 
Government. 

At Bedloe's Island, one nurse was paid by the Society, and received 
army rations. There was also, one volunteer Red Cross nurse who re- 
ceived army rations. 

At Portsmouth, six men nurses were paid by the Society. They re- 
ceived army rations, but their transportation both to Portsmouth and to 
Spain was assumed by the Society. 

At the General Hospital, Montauk Point, almost all of the one hun- 
dred and fifty nurses under Mrs. Quintard's superintendence signed the 
Government contract. Mrs. Quintard's salary continued to be paid by 
the Society, and large supplies of all kinds for the nurses were selected by 
Auxiliary No. 3, and their expenses to Montauk paid. 

At the Sternberg Hospital, Chickamauga, the sixty-four nurses sent 
by the Society received Government pay and rations. Additional main- 
tenance and supplies for these, and for ninety-six other nurses ordered 
there by the Government, were furnished by the Society. 

At the Long Island City Relief Station, twenty-nine nurses and two 
surgeons were paid by the Society, and maintained by the Relief Station. 

At the tents at Montauk Station, one nurse was paid by the Society, 
and one volunteer nurse was maintained by the Relief Committee. 

One nurse was supported in Miss Chanler's Hospital at Porto Rico. 

At the Nassau Hospital and Annex, Hempstead, twenty nurses were 
paid by the Society, and maintained by the Hospital, 

At the Home for Convalescent Soldiers at Sag Harbor, six nurses 
were paid by the Society, and maintained by the citizens of Sag Harbor. 

At the Convalescent Home for the 8th Regiment at Hunter's Island, 
two nurses were paid by the Society, and maintained by funds raised by 
Miss Chauncey. 

Of the twenty-nine nurses on the U. S. Transport Lampasas many 



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were volunteers, and the salaries of some, and maintenance of all were 
borne by the Society. 

Nurses were also supplied on emergency calls to the 8th and 9th Regi- 
ment armories. 

As the demands upon the Society assumed a definite character, it be- 
came necessary to establish headquarters. From May i8th to August 6th 
the nurses reported at the residence of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, the Chair- 
man of the Committee of Nurses, and were sent out from there. After 
that date and until September 20th, the headquarters of the Society 
were maintained at the residence of Mrs. Winthrop Cowdin, who, during 
the temporary absence of the President and the First and Second Vice- 
Presidents, acted as the executive head of the Society. From September 
20th to November nth the Society's office was at the residence of Mrs. 
Whitelaw Reid, and from November nth to January ist, 1899, at No. 6 
East 42d Street. 

On the breaking up of the hospitals at Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, 
and the consequent transfer of hundreds of patients to this city and 
Brooklyn, it was brought to the attention of the Society that in order 
to make room for the helplessly ill men arriving daily from Montauk 
Point, convalescent homes for soldiers obliged to leave the hospitals 
were most necessary. 

In order to assist in relieving this pressure, the Society accepted the 
generous offer made by the Rector and Vestry of the Church of the In- 
carnation, giving the use of their Summer Home at Peekskill, secured 
through Mrs. Whitelaw Reid ; and the equally kind offer of the Trustees 
of the Chapel Hill Fresh Air Mission House, donating the use of the 
" Eunice " Home at Chapel Hill, N. J. Both of these Homes were sup- 
ported and fully equipped by the Society with carefully selected staffs of 
nurses and physicians, and their supervision entrusted to a committee 
consisting of Mrs. Marion Story, Chairman and Treasurer, and Mrs. W. 
Lanman Bull. 

While it was impossible to effect an improvement in some of the men, 
the majority left the Homes benefited morally as well as physically. An 
illustration of the change wrought in some of them is indicated in the 
following remark of a soldier to one of the nurses : " Till I came to this 
Home I did not know there were such ladies. Now I think there is 
nothing like them." That boy had not been near his family for five 
years (having run away from home), but he went straight from the Home 
and spent Thanksgiving Day with his mother. 

Aided by the devoted efforts of Mrs. W. Lanman Bull, the Peeks- 
kill Home, which opened September 19th and closed November 19th, 
cared for eighty-five convalescent men. 



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The admirable order and discipline maintained at this Home were 
due in a large measure to the influence exerted by the Superintendent, 
Miss Briggs, Deaconess of Grace Church Parish, Miss Alice Emmons, 
Miss McGuirk, and Miss Stennett. 

On September 17th the Society accepted the use of the "Eunice" 
Home at Chapel Hill, kindly offered free of charge by Mrs. Sylvanus 
Reed. Before turning it over, the Trustees of the Chapel Hill Fresh 
Air Mission had the house put in perfect condition, providing stoves 
throughout and many new articles of furniture. A substantial amount of 
groceries was also put in, and coal was donated by Mrs. Hazlett McKim 
and ice by Mrs. J. Frederic Kernochan for as long a time as the Home 
remained open. 

Under the excellent management of Miss M. E. Melville and Dr. G. 
R. Winder, and afterwards of Miss F, H. Linton, one hundred and 
seventy-seven convalescent men were cared for up to December ist, at 
which time the Home closed. 

Late in the autumn, through the kindness of Mrs. A. D. Ward, the 
Society was given the use of a fully furnished house at Rowayton, Conn., 
capable of accommodating eight patients and a staff of employes. For 
a few weeks it was conducted as a Convalescent Home for Nurses, under 
the superintendence of Miss Helen Newlin. Not being adapted for winter 
use, it was closed on December 22d, and the convalescent nurses were 
carefully looked after, and cared for elsewhere. 

It is conceded that properly cooked and nourishing food is a most 
potent factor in the art of good nursing. In the army but two classes are 
recognized — the very sick and the well. As soon as the convalescent 
soldier leaves the hospital, he is served with the regular army rations, no 
distinction being made between him and his stronger comrade. 

By an exchange of rations, a light diet of milk, eggs, coffee, and 
canned food may be obtained for the sick. In order, therefore, to meet 
the urgent need of supplying proper food for convalescent and sick men, 
the Society obtained permission through the efforts of its Agent, Mrs, 
M. H. Willard, to start a diet kitchen at the General Hospital, Camp 
Wikoff. On August 29th, the first meal was served to about one thou- 
sand men. The value of the work was so apparent that it immediately 
received the endorsement of the Government, which assumed the ex- 
pense and control of this and four other large diet kitchens started in the 
Detention and Division Hospitals. 

The Massachusetts Aid Association made up the difference of the 
amount required to secure better cooks than could be obtained for the 
Government salary. In the General Hospital alone, about twelve thou- 
sand meals were served, and in the other hospitals about seven thousand. 



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That diet kitchens are of great value for the proper care of sick sol- 
diers, and that this work in field hospitals is perfectly practicable has been 
fully demonstrated ; and it is to be hoped that in the future no hospital 
of this kind will be without a diet kitchen. 

It seemed at one time, with a partial disbandment of the troops and 
the gradual withdrawal of our nurses from the Southern Camps, and later 
even from those nearer home, that the chances of the Society for use- 
fulness in connection with the emergencies of the war would cease. 
Subscribers and contributors were accordingly notified that no more 
contributions were necessary. The President on November nth ap- 
pointed a Committee, consisting of Mrs. William D. Guthrie, Chairman ; 
Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, Mrs. Edmund L. Baylies, Mrs. George F. 
Shrady, Jr., Mrs. John J. McCook, Mrs. Wm. Lanman Bull, Miss Eliza- 
beth Kean, and Mrs. James Speyer, ex-officio, to ascertain and properly 
dispose of all claims against the Society, close up all business of a mis- 
cellaneous nature, and to narrow down its obligations strictly to the main- 
tenance and care of nurses. This Committee promptly completed its 
work and it was found that the Society had to its credit on January 4th, 
1899, a balance of $19,874.12. 

With the necessity of reinforcing our troops in the Philippines, how- 
ever, came a new opportunity which the Society was glad to grasp. 
Knowing that General Otis had asked for nurses for Manila, and hearing 
that they were greatly needed there, the Executive Committee decided 
to apply the funds remaining in the treasury for this purpose, and after a 
consultation between Mrs. Reid and Secretary Alger the suggestion of 
sending nurses to the Philippines was favorably received by the Govern- 
ment. While awaiting the official orders from Washington, a Committee 
on Nurses was appointed by the President, consisting of Mrs. Whitelaw 
Reid, Chairman ; Mrs. William S. Cowles, Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, 
Mrs. Edmund L. Baylies and Mrs. James Speyer, ex-officio. A formal 
offer was made by the Society to send nurses to the Philippines, and on 
January 8th the following letter from Adjutant-General Corbin was received 
by the Chairman : 

" We have determined to take three transports from here to Manila, 
about eighteen hundred men on each. The Secretary of War approves 
your sending four nurses on each. The first ship will leave the 15th, the 
other two, before February ist." 

This was followed by a letter from Secretary Alger, which read as 
follows : 

Washington, D. C, Jan. loth. 
My dear Mrs. Reid : 

Having in mind your very assuring visit tiiis morning, as Chairman for the Committee 

on Nurses for the " Trained Nurses' Maintenance Society," concerning nurses for the 



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Philippine Islands, and your kind offer to send four nurses on each of our three ships 
going to Manila, sailing from New York, the Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan, the first of 
which will leave on Tuesday next, I would suggest that if you will communicate with 
Col. A. S. Kimball, Depot Quartermaster, Army Building, New York City, he will 
notify you when the nurses should be sent, and to whom they should report. If you could 
possibly spare the time to visit the ship before she sails, so as to convince yourself that the 
nurses will be cared for, I should be very glad indeed. Col. Kimball will notify you when 
and where you can best see the vessels with the least inconvenience to yourself. 

It is understood that the nurses going on these ships, and on others that are to follow, 
are to remain in the service of the United States for six months. If additional service, 
longer than this term, is required, the matter can be negotiated hereafter. It is under- 
stood that the Government is to furnish transportation and subsistence to Manila and re- 
turn, and your organization to provide for their compensation. The nurses, however, are 
to report to the Major-General commanding at Manila, and to be governed by the hospital 
regulations as prescribed by him or his Surgeon-in-Chief , and to go to any other hospital 
in the Islands, should this be required of them. 

Permit me to suggest that before the nurses leave the United States, your organiza- 
tion fix with them their rate of compensation, and that a letter to that effect be given 
them. I would also suggest, in order to simplify matters, that you have a letter of credit, 
convertible in Manila, say $2500 or $3000, payable to the order of the Commanding- 
General of the United States forces there. This I think would relieve you of a great deal 
of care and annoyance. I will direct Col. Kimball to-day to render you such assistance 
as he can in making arrangements for your nurses. Letters of instruction will also be 
sent you, to give each of your nurses, addressed to the Commanding-General of Manila, 
to provide comfortable quarters for them, and make every possible arrangement to add 
to their comfort. 

Very truly yours, 

R. A. Alger, 

Secretary of War. 

The Committee met and agreed to this in substance, and their reply- 
was embodied in a letter sent on January 14th accepting Secretary 
Alger's terms. No time was lost in completing arrangements which had 
been already carefully planned, so that though for the first party the 
notice was short, it was possible to send the nurses properly equipped 
and provided for. The latter were most carefully selected, many of them 
having already done valuable work for the Society during the past sum- 
mer. They were personally instructed in every case by members of 
the Committee, as to their duties. The transport was inspected by the 
Chairman and her Committee, letters of introduction from prominent 
men were secured for the nurses, and everything possible was done 
for their comfort and success on the expedition. All signed contracts 
with the Society for six months' duty in Manila and on the transports, 
to take care of the sick in the hospital. The expectation is that, in all, 
they will be away from this country about nine months ; they will no 
doubt remain longer if needed. 

Miss Henshall sailed on the Grant, on January 19th, with Miss Dow- 



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ling, Miss Towne, and Miss Ridley. Miss Henshall was not only in 
charge of this division, but is the Superintendent of the entire party 
of twelve nurses. Miss Starr sailed on the Sherman on February 2d, in 
charge of the second detachment, taking with her Miss Betts, Miss Sara 
Shaw, and Miss Agnes Shaw. The last transport, the Sheridan, left on 
February 19th with Miss Gladwin in charge of the party of nurses, who 
were Miss Stirk, Miss Mount, and Miss Holmes. 

The Red Cross Ambulance Society (Auxiliary No. i), the Ice Plant 
Auxiliary, and the American National Red Cross Relief Committee sent 
generous supplies of all kinds with the nurses, for the use of the soldiers 
on the transports and at Manila, 

At a meeting, held January 1 8th, action was taken by the Executive 
Committee, by the passing of the following resolutions, with a view to 
the disbanding of the Society at an early date : 

" Resolved, That all money remaining after the expenses now vouched 
for are paid, shall be handed to the Special Committee on sending nurses 
to Manila, to use for salaries and expenses for said nurses ; and 

" Whereas, All money of this Committee having been appropriated, 
the work of the Society is virtually completed. Therefore be it 

''Resolved, That after the necessary executive meetings and a meeting 
of the Associate Members have been held, the Society will be considered 
officially disbanded." 

While the Executive Committee now considers the work of Auxiliary 
No. 3 as formally closed, great good is still being done and will be done 
during the coming months with the balance of the funds left in the hands 
of the Special Committee for sending nurses to Manila and the Philippine 
Islands. 

The records submitted on the foregoing pages for the information of 
those interested in the work of Auxiliary No. 3 but imperfectly recount 
the innumerable acts of kindness, of generous gifts, of voluntary and 
heroic labor. The contributions include gifts by many of small means 
whose subscriptions involved real personal sacrifice. 

Credit and j^raise could not be given to all to whom justly due. To 
every one who aided us in any way our warmest thanks are extended. 
Without their prompt and generous assistance little could have been ac- 
complished. 

Surely, no nobler work could ever be engaged in. To have had 
any part in it is in itself an inspiration and will always remain a source 
of profound gratification to those who organized and managed the affairs 
of this Auxiliary and assisted in lessening the horrors of war. 

We know that the sufferings of many soldiers and sailors were relieved 
by the ministrations of our nurses ; and that others, less fortunate, were 
sustained and cheered by their presence in the inevitable hour. 



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We all must deprecate war and its horrors, and women will ever wish 
for eternal peace. But at times it seems as if, in the order of Providence, 
war becomes unavoidable. War, too, has its grandeur ; it furnishes heroic 
acts, deeds of patriotic and unselfish devotion which must always be 
reckoned among the true glories of a nation. When war does come, and 
our brave men go forward to fight, they never can go alone. The 
hearts and helpful activities of American women must go with them. 

By order of the Executive Committee, 
Elisabeth Mills Reid, Katherine W. Ambrose Shrady. 

Secretary. Recording Secretary. 



RED CROSS SOCIETY FOR MAINTENANCE OF TRAINED NURSES. 
AUXILIARY No. 3. 

Dr. In account with F. K. Sturgis, Treasurer. Cr. 

1898 

July 6. Paid to F. D. Tappen, Esq., Treasurer of 
American National Red Cross Relief Com- 
mittee % 12,905 00 

Paid to Mrs. Winthrop Cowdin 61,350 00 

Mrs. E. L. Baylies, Ass't Treas 34,575 68 

Oct. 21. " Mrs. Marion Story 15000 



$108,980 68 

Total amount of subscriptions, from May 23, i8g8, to 

date, received from Louisa Baylies, Ass't Treasurer, $ 13,988 00 

Total amount of donations, from May 23, 1898, to date, 

received from Louisa Baylies, Ass't Treasurer 73,283 74 

Amount remitted from Paris, France, donated by resi- 
dents in Europe 21,287 78 

Interest received to date 421 16 



March i, 1899. 



$108,980 68 

E. & O. E. 

F. K. STURGIS. Treasurer. 



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AUXILIARY No. 4. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. Wm. Sharman, President. 
Mrs. Oscar Rogers, Vice-President. 

Mrs. Heermance, Treasurer. 
Mrs. Theo. H. Silkman, Secretary. 

Yonkers Red Cross Auxiliary 

A meeting of the Executive Committee of Auxiliary No. 4, Red Cross 
Association, was held Tuesday, Nov. 8th, 1898, in the Surrogate's office, 
Mrs. Sharman presiding. 

The Secretary, Mrs. Silkman, stated that since the first meeting, on May 
loth, there had been twenty-five meetings, with an average attendance of 
fifty-two members. When the intense heat of July and August was re- 
membered, this large average shows how deep had been the interest. 

Very generous donations had been received, which have been each 
week acknowledged in The Yonkers Statesfnan. These donations are of 
all kinds. From every one the Auxiliary had received every possible 
assistance. 

The Treasurer, Mrs. Heermance, then read her report, showing a bal- 
ance in bank of $559.44. 

The Executive Officer, Mrs. James T. Gibson, read her interesting re- 
port in detail, of which the following condensed form is given : The 
Auxiliary has made or received 7158 articles for use, and received about 
600 articles of food, varying in value from a package of cornstarch to 
barrels of potatoes. Of this amount, there were sent to the supply rooms 
in New York, 6326 articles of clothing, and 140 pints of jelly ; to local 
hospitals, 757 articles of clothing, and the balance of food. There are 
in storage 182 articles. 

After a short discussion, a resolution was passed that the three officers, 
President, Treasurer, and Secretary, be empowered to use the balance in 
money and the articles in storage as seemed wisest to them. 

The meeting adjourned sine die. 

April 8, 1899. 

Since this meeting I have to report that the following distribution of 
articles has been made : 



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To Hampton Hospital, Va., a box containing eighteen (18) dozen 
articles. 

To same Hospital, two dozen flannel wrappers. 

To sick soldiers, grapes, wine, also money, according to the Treasurer's 
Report. Sophie R. Sharman, 

President No. 4. 

TREASURER'S REPORT. 

Auxiliary No. 4. 

Receipts. 

To October 20, 1S98 .$1603.05 

From October 20 to November 7 2.50 

From November 7, 189S, to February 15, 1S99 7.20 

$1612.75 
Payments. 

To October 20, 1S98, to Mr. Tappen % 300.00 

For Supplies, goods made up and sent to Hospitals, and Special Cases, 

flannels, labor, laundrying, etc 713.84 

From October 20 to November 7, flannels, food for Special Cases, 

Printing (for Concert), etc 32.27 

From November 7, 1898, to February 15, 1899, Care of Special Cases, 

flannel wrappers, and money to Hospitals 121.84 

$1167.95 
Balance 444.80 

$1612.75 
Mrs. W. L. Heermance, 

Treasurer. 



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AUXILIARY No. 5. 

COT EQUIPMENT. 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

Mrs. Wm. Metcalf Bliss, President. 

Mrs. Ludlow and Mrs. Benjamin Welles, Vice-Presidents. 

Mrs. T. J. Oakley Rhinelander, Secretary. 

Mrs. Chester Griswold, Treasurer. 

The Fifth Auxiliary organized late in May with a small membership 
and modest aims ; but the membership grew rapidly, for Red Cross work 
was near to the hearts of the Americans last summer and all wanted to 
show their interest in our soldiers. 

Our ambition also grew ; for as the need for the work of mercy of the 
Red Cross Society became more apparent, it was evident that a much 
larger number of equipped cots would be required than we had supposed, 
and our wish was to supply all the cots that should be used by the Red 
Cross Society. 

To enlarge our field of work we called upon the Associate members to 
volunteer to establish branches of our Auxiliary at the various country 
places to which they might go for the summer months. 

Seventeen members responded and a perusal of their reports will show 
the splendid results of their untiring work. 

It is due to them that we can congratulate ourselves on having been 
able to furnish funds to meet all the requisitions made upon us by the 
Relief Committee. 

It is further a source of great gratification that the equipped cots have 
been of such value to the soldiers. That this was the case is proved by 
the testimony of many officers and surgeons at the front and in the camps ; 
even so difficile a critic as Surgeon-General Sternberg having expressed his 
admiration of their complete equipment and their compactness when 
packed. 

The original list of equipments sent with each cot was as follows : Four 
sheets, a rubber sheet, a pair of woolen blankets, a pair of cotton blankets, 
a pillow, three pillowcases, nightshirt, pajamas, mosquito netting, agate 
ware washbowl and pitcher, three plates, cup, knife, fork, and spoon. 



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Later when the necessity of forwarding the cots in easily handled pack- 
ages had been shown, the hardware articles were omitted at the request of 
the Red Cross authorities. 

Our cordial thanks are due to Dr. and Mrs. Lesser of the Red Cross 
Society, who suggested the list of equipments for the cots, and to the 
Supply Committee of the National Red Cross Relief, by whom the cots 
were bought, packed, and shipped to their destinations. 

The Supply Committee still have a sufficient number of cots on hand to 
meet any probable emergency in Cuba or Porto Rico, and there is a bal- 
ance of funds in the hands of our Treasurer, which is held subject to the 
advice of the National Red Cross Relief Committee. 

The war ended, the reason for our existence as an organization is past, 
and therefore we present this final report of our work, with heartfelt 
thanks to those whose subscriptions have made that work possible, and to 
our co-workers, the Chairmen of the Summer Branches and their com- 
mittees. 

The Executive Committee, 

TREASURER'S REPORT. 

Auxiliary No. 5. 

In account with Mrs. Chester Griswold, Treasurer. 

Received from Branches. 

Ballston, N. Y $ 237.50 

Burlington, Vt 1,709.00 

Defender's Auxiliary Corps 100.00 

Goshen, N. Y 169.00 

Greenwich, Conn 2,107.89 

Lake Mohonk, N. Y 861.00 

New London, Conn 1,909.69 

North East Harbor, Me 1,265.00 

Narragansett Pier, R. 1 488.02 

Ramapo, N. Y 50.00 

Tuxedo, N. Y 160.00 

Tarrytown, N. Y 960.00 

Ridgefield, Conn i, 333.00 

Southampton, L. 1 5,611.00 

Stone Ridge, N. Y 566.00 

Seal Harbor, Me 153.30 

Scarborough, N. Y 440.00 

Wyncote, Penn 1,050.00 

Islip, L. 1 550.00 

Total from Branches %19, 720.40 

Individual subscriptions 6, 283. 29 

$26,003.69 



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Expenditures. 
Paid Fred'k D. Tappen, Treas'r National Red Cross Relief Com., 

for Cots $19,500.00 

Paid Fred'k D. Tappen for General Red Cross Fund 2,986.00 

Auxiliary Expenses 337-99 

December ist, Balance 3, 1 79- 7° 

$26,003.69 

NUMBER OF EQUIPPED COTS AND WHERE SENT. 

July 5 To Santiago 100 

" ig " 200 

" 25 " 50 

Aug. 8 Fort Wadsworth 6 

" 9 Montauk 4S 

" 12 " 25 

" 16 " 100 

" " Transport " Missouri " 200 

" " Fort Wadsworth 4 

" 18 Montauk 100 

" 19 " 100 

" 22 " 150 

" 27 " 200 

" " Porto Rico 50 

" 29 L. I. Emergency Hospital 2 

30 12 

"31 " " " 25 

Sept. I Montauk 250 

" " L. I. Emergency Hospital 50 

" 2 Eighth Regiment Armory 25 

" " St. Peter's Hospital 75 

" " L. I. College Hospital 25 

" 5 Brooklyn Hospital 25 

" " Fort Wadsworth 4 

" 8 St. Catherine's Hospital 50 

" " Red Cross Car, 42nd Street 12 

" " Montauk 100 

" " Camp Black i 

" " L. I. Emergency Hospital 25 

" 9 " " " 60 

" " Pelham Park Convalescent Hospital 26 

" " L. L College Hospital 25 

" 10 Montauk 200 

" " Pennsylvania R. R. Depot 12 



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Sept. 1 2 42nd Street Station 2 

13 2 

14 General Wood, Santiago 100 

15 Thirteenth Regiment Armory 50 

16 Mt. Vernon Hospital 4 

" L. I. College Hospital 10 

19 Soldier's Rest 50 

20 Eighth Regiment Hospital 25 

" New Rochelle Hospital 6 

2 2 Holiday House, Hunter's Island 25 

24 Soldier's Rest 50 

" Porto Rico 150 

27 Santiago 100 

28 Soldier's Rest 50 

Oct. 3 Major Henry Page 2 

*' 5 Ponce 100 



UNEQUIPPED COTS. 

July 5 Santiago 200 

" 19 Portsmouth , 1 00 

" 23 Jacksonville 50 

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AUXILIARY No 6. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. Seth Low, President 

Miss Emily James Smith, Vice-President. 

Mrs. James E. Russell, Vice-President. 

Mrs. Francis M. Burdick, Secretary. 

Mrs. Munroe Smith, Treasurer. 

The " Columbia University Auxiliary " was organized May 13, 1898, 
at a meeting in Schermerhorn Hall, which had been called by President 
Low. 

At this meeting committees were appointed, and the work of raising 
money was at once begun. 

Circulars were distributed, and resulted in our being able to add to the 
Red Cross fund the sum of $6,779.35. 

Sarah K. Burdick, 

Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 7. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. Donald McLean, Chairman. 
Mrs. a. Eugene Austin, Secretary. 
Mrs. Clarence Postley, Treasurer. 

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, NEW YORK 

CITY CHAPTER. 

The Chapter having resolved to do part of its work through the Red 
Cross Society, accepted an invitation to form itself into an Auxiliary. 
Therefore, as Auxiliary No. 7, it sent to the Red Cross in June, through 
Frederick D. Tappen, Esq., Treasurer, eight hundred and fifty dollars 
($850.00) for the purchase of hospital tents and hammocks. This was the 
first sum received by the Red Cross for hospital tents — an urgent need. 

A tent was also donated which had been used in the Civil War, and a 
sum for purchasing fifty suits of underwear for men in the field. Later in 
the season fifty dollars ($50.00) additional was given from War fund, for 
general necessities, making a total of nine hundred dollars ($900.00) to 
Red Cross Society, the articles already mentioned, and one thousand 
books for Red Cross distribution. 

The Chapter's National Flag hung in the Red Cross Supply Depot 
throughout the summer. 

The Chairman organized another Auxiliary in Frederick, Md., when 
she left New York for the summer. 

Mrs. Donald McLean, 

Chair7nan. 



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AUXILIARY No. 8. 
Council of Jewish Women, New York Section. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. Cyrus L. Sulzberger, President. 

Mrs. R. Kohut, Secretary. 

Mrs. Jacob H. Schiff, Treasurer. 

November ^th. — A meeting for the purpose of receiving the report of 
the Red Cross Auxiliary No. 8 of the Council of Jewish Women was held 
on Thursday afternoon, October 28th, at the vestry rooms of Temple 
Emanuel. Mrs. Cyrus L. Sulzberger, president of the New York Section 
of the Council, presided. The report of receipts and disbursements, sub- 
mitted by Mrs. Jacob H. Schiff, showed that the donations amounted to 
$4,852.14, while the expenditures to date have been $4,633.48, leaving a 
balance on hand of $218.66. 

Aside from individual donations and collections, twenty-seven ladies' 
societies have assisted in the collection of funds, as follows : Auxiliary of 
the Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society, Vereinigte Schwestern of York- 
ville, Ahawath Sholom Sisterhood, Deborah B. S. Circle, Ceres Sewing 
Circle, Ceres Frauen Verein, Ladies' Auxiliary of Lebanon Hospital, Ladies' 
Auxiliary of Beth-Israel Hospital, Brooklyn Council of Young Women 
Ahawath Chesed Section, Madison Avenue Synagogue Sisterhood, Beth- 
El Sisterhood, Beth-Israel Sisterhood, Ladies' Sewing Society of Hebrew 
Orphan Asylum, Amelia A. S., Deborah Verein, Ladies' Sewing Society 
of Yorkville, B'nai Jeshurun Sisterhood, Hebrew Infant Asylum, Rodoph 
Sholom Sisterhood, Jewish Prisoners' Aid Society, Ladies' Auxiliary, 
Present Day History Circle, Baron de Hirsch Ladies' Benefit Society 
Ladies' Auxiliary, B'nai B'rith Home for Aged, Hebrew Sheltering Guar- 
dian Society, Young Ladies' Circle of Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society, 
G. L. Independent Order of Treue Schwestern. 

The articles donated were : Sheets, 3000 ; pillowcases, 2400 ; draw 
sheets, 36 ; rubber sheets, 226 ; towels, 2000 ; pajamas, 815 ; abdominal 
bands, 1941 ; blankets, 500 ; socks, 2640 ; drawers, 192 ; undershirts, 
120; underwear suits, 552 ; utility bags, 151 ; blue flannel shirts, 300; 
rocking-chairs, 48; steamer-chairs, 12; tea, 2 boxes; sugar, 20 boxes; 
cocoa, 10 boxes ; Liebig's extract, 4 dozen ; lime juice, 10 cases; con- 
densed milk, 4 cases ; calves' foot jelly, 2 dozen ; clam broth, 4 cases ; 
malted milk, 5 bottles ; phosphate, i case ; lemons, i box ; oranges, i 
box ; misses' aprons, 100. One case sent by Mrs. Einstein, containing : 
Safety pins, 20 boxes; tape, 15 packages; combs, 216; pocket-knives, 
216 ; needles, i package ; handkerchiefs, 480 ; harmonicas, 108 ; looking- 
glasses, 216 ; bradawls, 210 ; 100 nurses' aprons. 



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AUXILIARY No. 9. 

Members jjj. 

Hartford, Ct. 

Sub-Auxiliaries 14, with membership 0/250. 

FINANCE COMMITTEE. 

Jacob L. Greene, Chairman, 

WOMAN'S COMMITTEE. 

Mrs. Frank W. Cheney, Chairman. 

Mrs. John M, Taylor, Secretary. 

Miss Sara B. Huntington, Treasurer. 

Office of Secretary, 

Room 26, Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Building, Pearl Street. 

COMMITTEE ON WORK. 

Mrs. Alta Starr Cressy, 

Mrs. Harriet R. Bodge, 

Mrs. Norman L. Hope. 

Sent to Treasurer National Red Cross Society for Ice $3,000 00 

Sent to Treasurer National Red Cross Society for Delicacies.. 1,275 00 

Sent to Red Cross Supply Depot, 15 cases, containing: 1192 suits paja- 
mas, 627 hospital shirts, 877 handkerchiefs, 201 flannel bands, 144 
underdrawers, 144 undershirts, 140 outing shirts, 288 pairs socks, 349 
towels, 432 pillowcases, 18 pillows, 485 sheets, 19 bundles old linen, 
8 gross pipes, 32 packages tobacco. 

Sent to Mr. Townsend, at Montauk, i case containing : 62 woolen pajamas, 
59 flannel nightshirts, 18 cotton pajamas, 50 handkerchiefs. 

Sent to Camp Sheridan, Chicago : i case, containing 30 suits flannel 
pajamas. 

Sent to Mrs. M. F. Armstrong, Hampton Roads : i case, containing 75 
cotton pajamas. 

Sent to Camp Haven, Niantic : i case, containing 18 sheets, 6 pairs blank- 
ets, I football. 

Sent to Hartford City Hospital for sick soldiers : 173 hospital shirts, 50 
outing shirts, 42 flannel pajamas, 100 handkerchiefs, 12 cushions, 12 
rocking-chairs, 36 list slippers. 
We are holding $300 also, to pay for stimulants, food, etc., ordered by 

physicians for these soldiers. 

Sent to Edward Ward, a sick soldier : 5 suits pajamas, 18 handkerchiefs, 
8 sheets, 2 outing shirts, $20 in money. 

Sent to Supply Depot in New York : i large case of books, magazines, etc. 



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Total number of articles made by Hartford Auxiliary No. 9 is 5511. 
Total number of articles given is 5694. 

Edith Emerson Taylor, 

Secretary. 
RECEIPTS. 

Churches of Hartford ^ 806 13 

Other Societies in Hartford 328 50 

Individuals in Hartford 2955 53 

From other towns : 

Berlin $ 50 00 

Bristol 21 30 

Bridgeport 3 00 

Collinsville 26 00 

East Hartford 10 00 

Farmington 221 00 

Higganum i 00 

Lakeville 12 50 

Middletown 125 00 

Newington 27 65 

Norfolk 596 96 

Rockville 25 00 

Simsbury ^'^ZZ 0° 

South Manchester 455 14 

South Glastonbury 12 22 

Unionville 12 50 

Wethersfield 35 00 

East Windsor Hill and South Windsor 21 00 2688 27 

Total receipts $6778 43 

DISBURSEMENTS. 
F. D. Tappen, Treasurer American National Red Cross Relief 

Committee $4775 00 

Material 888 38 

Ready-made clothing 378 75 

Pipes and tobacco 15 52 

Individual relief 23 80 

Hartford Hospital, towards care soldiers 624 52 

General expenses, express, postage, etc 72 46 

Total disbursements $6778 43 

Sara B. Huntington, 
Treasurer Red Cross Auxiliary No. g. 



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AUXILIARY No. lo. 

Ice Plant A uxiliary. 

Frederic J. de Peyster, Honorary Chairman. 

Adrian Iselin, Jr., Treasurer. 

Miss Julia L. Delafield, 2d, Chairman. 

Miss Catharine S. Leverich, Secretary. 

Miss Margaret D. Leverich, Asst Secretary. 

Miss Helen van C. de Peyster, Asst Treasurer. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

Mrs. Alfred Chapin. Mrs. Francis J. Higginson. 

Mrs. Richard Hoffman. Mrs. Arthur M. Hunter. 

Miss Sybil K. Kane. 

BRANCHES. 

Southampton Branch, Mrs. Frederic H. Betts, President. 
First Junior Branch, Miss Katharine S. Schuchardt, President. 

Auxiliary No. 10 was organized May 18, 1898, and it was decided to 
raise $3000 to provide an ice-plant for the Hospital Ship which it was then 
the intention of the Red Cross Relief Committee to fit out. Such of the 
members as wished to sew promised the necessary napkins for the sur- 
geons' and nurses' mess. Eventually some of the napkins were sent to 
Montauk and the rest to Porto Rico. 

The idea of ice for the soldiers seemed to appeal to every one, espe- 
cially to young people and the children. The first to work for us outside 
the Auxiliary was Miss Nathalie Schenck, who started her famous " Chain 
Letter "which was a never-failing source of income. Miss Constance 
Gunther also started a " Chain Letter." Miss Susan Street raised money 
at Seabright, the children of Mr. Hamilton Fish and of Mr. Cleveland H. 
Dodge gave entertainments and sent us the proceeds, and the public-school 
children of New Haven, and a little girl of six on Staten Island, collected 
money for " ice," as did many other children. 

When the idea of a Red Cross Hospital Ship was given up by the Re- 
lief Committee our Executive Committee considered the feasibility of 
placing an ice-plant in one or more of the large camps or in any large 
hospital which might be established. We learned that the location of the 



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camps might be changed at any time, that no hospital was planned by 
the Government, and that the Red Cross would be unable to establish 
one in the residence of Mr. King on Jekyl Island, so generously offered 
to it by him for this purpose, in consequence of certain objections or regu- 
lations of the Jekyl Island Club, and, therefore, that the quickest and 
most economical way to supply ice would be to purchase it from local 
plants where and in such quantities as needed. This plan met with the 
approval of the Supply Committee. 

Mr. Stephen E. Barton telegraphed, for us, to the Red Cross Field 
Agents at Chickamauga and Jacksonville, inquiring as to the need for ice 
and the facilities for getting it, and our active work began with the 
authority given these agents to spend $20 per day for ice at each camp. 
Later this amount was largely increased. The agent at Jacksonville was 
also provided with funds for the ice needed at Fernandina and Miami. 
Some of the ice at the latter camp was provided by others. We supplied 
no ice at Camp Alger, being informed several times that this camp was 
being taken care of by the Red Cross at Washington, The following 
letters explain the nature of our work at the camps : 

Hotel Windsor, Jacksonville, Fla. 
June 26, 1898. 
Miss Catharine S. Leverich, 

Sec'y Ice-Plant Aux., R. C. 
Dear Madame : 

Your favor of the 23d inst. has just come to my hand. What Mr. Barton told you of 
the amount of ice required at the Jacksonville camp was based on the following facts : 
The Division Hospital needs from 350 to 500 lbs. daily, according to the state of the 
weather and conditions of the patients. They should always have enough. The Measles 
and Mumps Hospital, 200 more. Each of the regimental hospitals — now called tempo- 
rary or emergency hospitals — 100 at least. As there are now ten (10) of these, and more 
in prospect, we have a demand for 1600 lbs. at least for hospital uses. Fifty lbs. would 
seem a moderate allowance for each company in a regiment for cooling their drinking- 
water. This alone would make 500 lbs. for each regiment and, as there are ten regi- 
ments, 5000 lbs. for the whole. As, however, we have large cypress tanks holding some 
3 barrels of water, placed at different points in the camp, the men get along pretty 
comfortably with less than 50 lbs. to a company. They are helped out in good measure, 
too, by the fact that the Gov't furnishes each company 25 pounds of ice to take care of the 
meats and other such things as need to be kept cool. When they do not have any fresh 
meats they use this for drinking purposes. I quite agree with you that while the sick 
must have the preference, if only one class can be served, it is exceedingly important to 
keep the others well, and it has been my conviction from the start, since I have learned 
the wholesome character of our water that we can do no better service for the soldier 
than to keep him abundantly supplied with cool, refreshing water. It will do more than 
any other one thing to keep him away from places where other and less wholesome 
beverages are sold. 

The facilities for getting ice at Jacksonville are just now rather inadequate. There 
have been three separate ice-plants. Within the last ten days they have consolidated. 



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and the factories are not all in good running order. The company was importing ice 
from other points yesterday. In a short time, however, they hope to turn out enough to 
meet every demand. They are also short of teams, and cannot deliver the ice promptly, 
and at the proper hour, to all of the regiments. I am now endeavoring to get the regi- 
ments to send their own teams to the ice-house. If I can accomplish this I have the 
promise of a considerable reduction, possibly to thirty cents a hundred instead of forty 
cents. I cannot get any lower rates and have it delivered ; it has to be hauled over a very 
sandy road, and the teams cannot draw large loads. The work is very exhausting. The 
regiments, however, 1 am informed, are not yet equipped with teams, so that the work of 
supplying the men with all the ice needed will probably not be fully achieved for some 
days. 

The Red Cross, up to date, has no relief station. The Corps headquarters are at the 
Windsor Hotel, where the Chief Surgeon, Quartermaster, the Chief Commissary, the In- 
spector, etc., all have their offices. The Chief Surgeon, under whose sanction all my 
distributions must be made, advises me to rent a room in the city for a Supply Depot, 
and then his teams will deliver Red Cross goods. In view of the work to which the Red 
Cross is now limited this is probably the better course, as I can keep in close touch with 
the needs of the whole camp by working from this centre. Of course, I make it mv busi- 
ness to visit the camp and see for myself, as well as to get the point of view taken by the 
privates. But any relief which I am to give must have the approval of the Chief Surgeon 
or the Chief Commissary, as the case may be. If you are pleased to send funds for 
furnishing ice, you can telegraph them to any bank in Jacksonville recommended by your 
own bank in New York, sending my address, which for the present will be the Windsor 
Hotel, Jacksonville, Fla. (Rev. Alex. Kent, Field Ag't R. C). I will do my best to further 
your aims. 

Yours truly, 

Alex. Kent. 

Camp Cuba Libre, Florida, July 19th, 1898. 
Of more value than all else in the treatment and for the comfort of the sick in 
this camp is the ice so kindly supplied by the Red Cross Society. With 200 cases of fever 
these hot summer days the ice is of the highest value. Without it the sufferings would be 
greatly increased. Those who supply the ice may feel assured that these fever-sick 
soldiers are helped to bear their sufferings, their lives in some instances saved, and the 
greatest good is done by those who with their means and in kindness greatly appreciated, 
buy the ice. Very respectfully, 

J. Fred Clarke, 

Major and Surgeon, 
in charge of Medical Wards, Division Hospital. 

Extract from letter of July 17th : 

The ice business can hardly be overdone here, the weather is intensely hot, and the 
number of fever patients is increasing daily in the hospitals. One of the surgeons told 
me to-day of a case where a man's life was saved by ice : — a member of one of the Arkansas 
regiments ill with meningitis. The Northern boys are coming down with typhoid fever, 
and they have it in a severer form than the Southern soldiers. A great deal of ice is 
needed in these cases. The hospitals send their own wagons after the ice and this method 
saves us 15 cents per hundred lbs.; each hospital gets just what it is entitled to and there 
is no delay or waste in the delivery. The Division Hospitals have each an ice-chest fur- 
nished by the Red Cross, and they also have others made by their own carpenters. 



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I have been giving you cold facts ; but I wish you could see the grateful looks and hear 
the words of gratitude given me for this small service I have been able to offer these brave 
sufferers ; they would spur you on to greater effort, if possible. 

Yours very respectfully, 

E. C. Smith, Red Cross Field Agent, 

Chickamauga, Ga. 
Extract from letter, August 19, 1898 : 

There is no doubt at all, and my statement will be borne out by every surgeon in this 
camp that the ice furnished by your Auxiliary, and the milk furnished by the Red Cross, 
have together done more to alleviate the distressing conditions here, than all other agencies 
combined. . , , Yours very truly, 

E. C. Smith, 

Red Cross Field A gent , 
Chickamauga, Ga. 

On July 9th we sent a cargo of 892 tons of Maine ice by the schooner 
Mary E. Morse, consigned to Miss Clara Barton at Santiago, which 
reached there July 30th ; the entire expense including the towage, was 
borne by Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark. Miss Barton, General Shafter and 
Colonel Havard, Surgeon-in-Chief at Santiago, were notified of the sail- 
ing of the Morse, and from Miss Barton's and Colonel Havard's replies 
we learned that some of this ice went to the hospitals and much to the 
transports which brought the army from Cuba. After the first of August 
the Government sent ice to Santiago. 

Chief Surgeon's Office, Fifth Army Corps, 

Santiago de Cuba, August 8th, 1898. 
Miss Catharine S. Leverich, 

Secretary Ice-Plant Auxiliary, 

30 East 60th Street, New York City. 
Dear Madam : 

The ice which your society sent to Santiago, consigned to Miss Clara Barton, has been 
received in good condition and has been a great boon to the army, especially to the many 
sick in the hospitals. Allow me to return my sincere and thankful acknowledgments 
for this donation. 

After consultation with the Chief Quartermaster, I shall cable you this afternoon, in 
case any more ice is needed. Very respectfully, V. Havard, 

Lieut. -Colonel U . S. V., Chief Surgeon. 

On July 20th we sent to the blockading fleets off the north coast of 
Cuba the schooner B. W. Morse, with 751 tons of Maine ice, fresh veget- 
ables, chocolate, and some books. Dr. Lamar went on her as our repre- 
sentative, and although the blockade was raised before the Morse reached 
Cuba he met many of the vessels off Key West and was able to supply 
them. 

In August when the hospital ship Missouri was being fitted out, we 
were asked to provide an ice-plant for her, and after consulting with 
Major Arthur, surgeon -in-charge, selected one capable of making a ton of 



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ice per day, and with ample cold storage facilities which he has since re- 
ported entirely satisfactory. 

About the first of August, Mr. Warner, Red Cross agent at Fortress 
Monroe, was authorized to give ice to any transport touching there with 
sick or wounded. 

Mr. Percy R. Pyne kindly consented to take charge of the work during 
the absence of the officers between August 7th and September 25th. 
Acting under the permission given by Surgeon-General Sternberg in his 
letter to us of August 4th, Mr. Pyne communicated with various post-hos- 
pitals and authorized the surgeons in charge to supply whatever ice, milk, 
chickens, etc., were needed, as well as refrigerators and ice-coolers, and to 
send the bills to us. We so supplied Governor's Island, Fort Hamilton, 
Fort Wadsworth, Washington Barracks, Point Sheridan, Fort Meyer, 
Camp Hobson, Receiving Ship New Hampshire, and Bedloe's Island. 

At Montauk Point the Government supplied the ice for the hospitals, 
and as we learned indirectly that it was purchased with the $1000 sent 
by the Relief Committee to the Surgeon-General for the use of the sick, 
we have transferred that amount of money from our account to the ac- 
count of the Relief Committee. 

In the middle of September, Mr. Barnes, Red Cross agent at Ponce, 
Porto Rico, cabled that ice was needed in the hospitals there, and Mr. 
Pyne at once cabled him to provide it. Later it was learned that the 
price was $40 per ton and the supply small and uncertain, so we decided 
to send a cargo from Maine in case the Government had not taken up the 
matter of ice in Porto Rico. In answer to our letter, Surgeon-General 
Sternberg telegraphed that the Medical Department had sent 2200 tons 
of ice to Porto Rico on September 2 2d. The transport Fort Victor sailed 
on October 6th for Ponce, and we were fortunately able to send by her 
no tons for use until the Government cargo should be received. 

Since the first of October we have provided delicacies for sick soldiers 
in Bellevue Hospital and various convalescent homes ; have placed a small 
library on the Hospital Ship Missouri, and are now aiding honorably dis- 
charged soldiers to secure work or, in the case of non-residents who are 
too feeble to work, to return to their homes. This work is carried on 
through the Bowery Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association. 

At a meeting of the whole Auxiliary on March 6th, it was decided, in 
view of the unexpended balance in our treasury and the probable need 
for further Red Cross work during the summer, not to disband but to ad- 
journ subject to the call of the chair. The Executive Committee is con- 
tinuing the work on hand and making inquiries as how best to give such 
aid as may be needed for the sick and wounded in Cuba and the 
Philippines. Catharine S. Leverich, Secretary. 



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DISTRIBUTION OF THE ICE. 

The following is a summary of orders (for ice) upon which the cargo 
of the Mary E. Morse was delivered : 

TONS. 

August I, Captain J. H. Dizer, S.S. " Berkshire," 7 

2, Captain P. H. Hanlon, S.S. " Grand Duchess," 30 

I, Captain J. F. Lewis, S.S. " Matteawan," 8 

I, Captain Downs, S.S. " Orizaba," 10 

1, Captain Googins, S.S. " Gate City," 15 

3, Captain , S.S. " Fanita," 5 

2. Captain J. H. Byrne, S.S. " Mexico," 20 



9 

9 

9 

5 

9 

9 

II 

II 

12 

2 

13 

8 

I 

10 

13 
10 
16 
16 
14 



Swift & Co.'s representative 50 

Captain , S.S. " Olivette," 20 

Mr. Douglass 2 

Captain , S.S. " Matteawan," 6 

Captain Mcintosh, S.S. " Vigilancia," 15 

Captain , S.S. " Tarpon," 10 

Captain Brickley, S.S. " Port Victor," 50 

Captain Brickley, S.S. " Port Victor," 100 

Captain Paul Konow, S.S. " Arnrum," i 

Captain , S.S. " Grand Duchess," 50 

Captain Genis (Spanish) S.S. "Alicante," 7 

Captain A. T. Anderson, S.S. " Marie," i 

Captain J. H. Hanlon, S.S. " Mostero," 6 

Captain J. H. Dizer, S.S. " Berkshire," 3 

Captain A. S. Johnston, S.S. " San Juan," 5 

Captain , S.S. " Olivette," 20 

Captain Charles A . Furlong, S.S. " Catina," 15 

Captain S. Layland, S.S. " Mobile," 25 

Captain , S.S. " Vigilancia," 50 

Captain , S.S. " Arcadia," 15 

Captain John Evans, S.S. " Specialist," 7 

Captain , S.S. " City of Macon," 10 

Swift & Co.'s representative. ... 4° 

Captain Kimball, S.S. " Louisiana," 12 

Captain Antonio, " Alemani " Isla Luzon 7 

" Olivette," 10 

Captain Peters, transport " Miller," 20 

Captain Aldamis, S.S. " M. D. Villarverde," 5 

Captain Mir, S.S. " Montivideo," 10 

Captain Antonia Jascia, S.S. " Isle Pinay," 5 



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lo, Commander Jacobson, German Man-of-War " Geier," 5 

16, Captain , S.S. " Berkshire," 10 

15, Captain Bie, S.S. " Sewanee," 5 

14, Captain Tomaso, S.S. " Latrusgui," 12 

15, Captain of S.S. " Burton," Indefinite Quantity. 

3, Master Steam Lighter " Bessie," i piece 

3, To Miami 2 boatloads 

6, Representative Svrift & Co 2 cakes 

5, Government boat " Sewanee," i ton 

5, S.S. " Olivette," 1000 lbs. 10 

Cargo of Mary E. Morse contained 792 tons 

Delivered as per above schedule 722 

Charged to melting 70 

REPORT OF ASS'T. TREAS. OF AUXILIARY NO. 10. 

Total receipts $51,201 55 

EXPENDITURES. 

First cargo of Ice, Santiago $6,060 00 

" " " Demurrage 95000 

Second cargo of Ice, north coast Cuba 5. 381 10 

Ice, Porto Rico 74° 3° 

Ice for Camps at Jacksonville, Miami, and Fernandina 5i022 79 

Ice at Chickamauga i , 5^6 88 

Transferred to Surgeon-General, Ice at Montauk 1,000 00 

Ice-plant on Hospital Ship " Missouri," 6,686 99 

Ice at small camps, convalescent homes, etc 266 57 

Delicacies at small camps, convalescent homes, etc 1,255 3^ 

Relief work among honorably discharged soldiers 2,270 25 

Auxiliary 2 100 00 

Library on " Missouri," 35 I3 

Linen for sewing for Auxiliary 10 3i 50 

Mrs. Moulton, work in Havana 250 00 

Ice-chests 1S6 75 

31,803 62 

Balance $I9.397 93 

Helen van C. de Peyster, 

Asst. Treas. Aux. 10. 



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AUXILIARY No. ii. 

NORWALK, CT. 

A public meeting was called at the Central Club House on May 30, 
1898, to consider the appeal of the American National Red Cross, that 
auxiliaries be formed to raise funds and to furnish supplies for field and 
hospital service during the war. 

An authorization was read and it was voted that such an organization 
be formed to be known as the Norwalk Auxiliary No. 11. 

Mrs. Isaac S. Jennings was elected president. 

Miss Mary E. Beard, secretary and treasurer. 

The Woman's Central Club offered the use of its rooms for head- 
quarters. 

The work of this Auxiliary has been the following : 

Contributions of money and of material were received, garments were 
cut and given out to be made. In this way seventy-nine were completed. 
Other contributions received were : From the Woman's Guild, Trinity 
Church, 24 ; the King's Daughters of the South Norwalk Congregational 
Church, 25 ; the Willing Workers Circle King's Daughters, Norwalk 
Methodist Church, 12 ; South Norwalk Baptist Church, 23 ; the Bucking- 
ham W. R. C, 24; the Douglas Fowler W. R. C, 22 ; making a total of 
209 garments sent. 

Contributions of seventy-eight handkerchiefs, bandages, and one large 
Red Cross flag were also received and sent with this box on June 20th. 

A second box of 700 wash-cloths was sent August loth. 

Full amount of money collected, $49.69. 

First box, spent on supplies $39 09 

Second box, spent on supplies 4 57 

First box, expressage i 13 

Second box, expressage 55 

General expenses 2 35 

Flannel for pajamas 2 00 

$49 69 
Mary Esther Beard, 

Secretary and Treasurer. 



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AUXILIARY No. 12. 

OFFICERS. 

Miss Elizabeth C. Hebert, President. 

Miss Ethel Beecher, Secretary. 

Miss Jennie P. Hebert, Treasurer. 

The Soldiers' Field Hospital Auxiliary, organized for the purpose of 
aiding the Red Cross Society in raising funds for field hospitals, has a roll 
of thirty-four and a Summer Committee of sixty-two members. 

During the past four months the Summer Committee has been meet- 
ing once a week in order to sew on articles for the soldiers, and during 
this time it has sent to the Supply Depot, 475 cheese-cloth squares, 126 
handkerchiefs, 240 flannel bands, 257 pillowcases, \\ pieces flannel, and 
I piece of gauze, making a total of iioi articles. 

An endless chain was started, and that with contributions and the pro- 
ceeds of entertainments brought in $2,070.03. 

TREASURER'S REPORT. 

Amount raised $2070 03 

Amount expended : 

Material % 68 82 

General expenses loi 04 

Sent to Mr. Tappen, (treasurer) 1900 17 

S2070 03 

Jennie P. Hebert, Treasurer. 
Elizabeth Clarke Hebert, President. 
November, 1898. 



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AUXILIARY No. 13. 
750 Members. 

On May 27, 1898, Mohegan Chapter, Daughters of the American 
Revolution, Sing Sing, N. Y., organized Auxiliary No. 13 to the American 
National Red Cross Relief Committee, with Mrs. Annie Van Renssalaer 
Wells, President ; Mrs. S. Ferris Washburne, Treasurer ; Mrs. Henry S. 
Bowron, Secretary, and fifty members. 

The work has been carried on, under the direction of the official 
Board of Mohegan Chapter, by an Executive Committee — Mrs. Merritt 
Wright-Barnum, Chairman — and a Ways and Means Committee — Mrs. C. 
Townsend Young, Chairman. 

Eight Sub-Auxiliaries were formed, all in the churches ; these Sub- 
Auxiliaries numbered over one hundred workers, and contributed $122.35 
to the treasury, the largest amount, $60, coming from the Presbyterian 
Church Sub- Auxiliary. 

The amount collected from all sources was $652.39 ; expended, 
$605.08, principally for towelling. A check of $10 was sent on Septem- 
ber 4th to Mr. Frederick D. Tappen, Treasurer of the Relief Committee. 
A check of $25 was sent on October 8th to Ossining Hospital, Sing 
Sing, for the care of sick soldiers ; there were twelve cared for in the 
hospital. 

Twenty-six cases and three packages have been sent ; six contained 
delicacies — 150 cans and jars ; seven contained books, magazines, station- 
ery, etc.; the remainder, 7155 surgical towels, 4436 cheese-cloth squares, 
753 dish-towels, and 30 wash-cloths, in all 12,404 pieces. 

Auxiliary No. 13 will not disband until all need for assistance is 
passed. $47.31 of Red Cross funds remains in the treasury, and will be 
used as necessity demands. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Elizabeth M. Bowron, 

Secretary Auxiliary No. ij. 

Claremont (Sing Sing P. O.), October 31. 

Note. — $172 was contributed by Mohegan Chapter. 

REPORT OF WORK DONE BY AUXILIARY No. 13. 

Surgical Towels. 

June 3968 

July , 2099 

August 88 

September 1 000 

Whole number 7155 



8o 



Cheese-Cloth Squares. 



July 

August. . . . 
September 



July. 



896 
2007 
1533 



Whole number 443^ 

Dish-Towels. 
753 

Wash-Cloths. 



August. . . . 
September. 



Whole number 

Whole number of pieces, 12,404. 

Delicacies. 

CASES. 

July (jellies) i 

August (jellies) i 

September (jams) 3 

September (soups) i 



30 



GLASSES, 
CANS AND JARS. 

25 
18 

74 
33 



Whole number. 



150 



BOOKS, MAGAZINES, PAPERS, STATIONERY, PEN-HOLDERS AND PENS, 
PENCILS, SOAP, OLD LINEN, ONE PAIR SLIPPERS. 



July 

August . . . . 
September , 



Whole number cases, 26 ; packages, 3. 



FINANCIAL REPORT. 



Receipts. 



Mohegan Chapter, D. A. R 1 

Donations 

Garden Party 

Through Mrs. Draper 

Briar Cliff Church Sub-Auxiliary. . . 
Ossining Chapel " 

Broadway Mission " 

Baptist Church " 

St. Augustin's Church " 
Presbyterian " " ... 

Trinity " " 

Methodist " " 

Refunded by American Express Co. 



)I72 00 
iig 00 

234 59 
3 00 
5 63 

1 35 

2 00 
10 87 
18 00 
60 00 
13 85 
10 65 

I 45 



Disbursements. 



June 13th, printing if 7 00 

June to October, expressage 17 14 

July 2d, Garden Party expenses. . . 47 65 

July 8th, towelling 160 00 

August 1st, towelling 200 00 

September 4th, Frederick D, Tap- 
pen I o 00 

September 26th, towelling 112 54 

October Sth, Ossining Hospital (for 

sick soldiers 25 OO 

October Sth, stamps and postals. . . 175 
October 14th, towelling 24 00 



To balance. 



$605 08 
. 47 31 



52 39 $652 39 

Maria K, Washburne 

Treasurer Auxiliary No. ij. 



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AUXILIARY No. 14. 

Auxiliary No. 14 was started in Morristovvn, New Jersey, on May 
17, 1898, with the following officers : 

Miss Louisa E. Keasbey, President. 

Miss Alice D. Field, Secretary. 

Miss Sarah F. Randolph, Treasurer. 

Executive Co?nt?nttee : 

Mrs. E. F. Randolph, Mrs. F. Hoyt, 

Mrs. F. M Hurlburt, Miss Marsh, 

Miss Macculloch Miller, Miss Marion Walker, 

Miss L. B. Shaw. 

The object of the Auxiliary was to furnish hospital supplies and to col- 
lect money for the general fund of the American National Red Cross 
Relief Committee. 

On May 26th a public meeting was held, at which Mrs. Lesser, Sister- 
in -chief Red Cross Hospital, was kind enough to be present. She ex- 
plained the methods of Red Cross work, and suggested what was especially 
needed in the present crisis. The meeting roused much enthusiasm, and 
following it came many offers of help and donations of money. A suitable 
room was offered to the Auxiliary to be used as headquarters. This room 
was open daily from 9.30 to 12 m., and from 4 to 6 p.m. During this 
time there were always two members of the Auxiliary in charge to give out 
unmade garments and to receive them when finished, and to answer all 
questions arising in regard to the work. This work was voluntary and was 
divided among about twenty women. 

Seven branches of the Auxiliary were started in the neighboring towns. 
The following list gives the name of the town, the number of members in 
the branch, and the articles sent by them : 

Bernardsville, 41 members ; 981 garments. 

Boonton, 15 members; 100 magazines, 65 novels, 89 garments. 

Chester, 15 members ; 118 garments. 

Mendham, 100 members ; 188 garments, 194 jars of fruit and jelly. 

Mt. Freedom, 36 members ; 184 garments, 19 jars of fruit and jelly. 

New Vernon, 15 members ; 42 garments, 11 jars of fruit and jelly. 

Rockaway, 20 members ; 72 garments, 2 packages magazines, 17 glasses 
of jelly, I quart jam. 

The work among the Branches showed the greatest interest and en- 
thusiasm on their part and there were many incidents (as also among those 
who worked in Morristown) proving how strong a feeling of patriotism 
there is in our midst, leading oftentimes to the most unselfish acts. 

During the summer the Auxiliary kept in touch with the Branches and 
general public of Morristown largely through the local newspapers. 



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Special cases of need were reported in this way, and appeals for help 
made, and full reports of the work done and money received and spent 
were published weekly. General monthly meetings for all interested in 
the work were also held. 

Early in October it was decided to close the work of the Auxiliary, and 
at the regular monthly meeting a formal announcement was made of this 
fact. It was the general feeling of all the officers and members present 
that it had been the greatest pleasure to work under the direction of the 
Red Cross Society, and it was the wish of all that should any unusual need 
arise in the future the Auxiliary might again be called upon for work. 
The total number of members of the Auxiliary was 592. The following is 
a condensed report of the summer's work : 

Sent to Supply Depot of the American National Red Cross Relief 
Committee : 

Number of garments, 6407. 
" cases of delicacies, 14. 
" " magazines and books, 2, 

Sent to Lexington, Ky., : 

I case of magazines and books. 

TREASURER'S REPORT. 
Receipts. 

Received from Branches $ 248 55 

Proceeds of Concert 40i 00 

Individual Donations 1,507 82 

$2,157 37 
Disbursements. 

To General Fund of the American National Red Cross Relief 

Committee $1,196 84 

To Work at Long Island City no 00 

Special box for Porto Rico 10 00 

To Rev. Alex. Kent for the men of the 2nd N. J. at Jack- 
sonville, Fla 75 00 

To Mrs. Moulton, for work at Savannah among the men of the 7th 

Corps 100 00 

Individual soldier 2 00 

For material for garments 609 06 

For all expenses 54 47 

Total $2,157 37 

It was greatly owing to the generosity of the tradespeople of Morris- 
town that the general expenses of the Auxiliary were so small. Such 
items as printing, packing and sending off boxes, the furniture and sewing- 
machine for the headquarters, and large quantities of material for gar- 
ments being given entirely without pay or at the least possible cost. 

Alice D. Field, 

Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 15. 

Greeii Twigs, Flushing, L. I. 

Miss H, W. Colgate, President. 
Miss N. Mitchell, Secretary. 
Miss E. Talbot, Treasurer. 

As Secretary of Auxiliary No. 15, I beg to submit the following 
report : 

There were no Sub- Auxiliaries in connection with No. 15. There were 
twenty-one members. 

TREASURER'S REPORT. 

Amount by subscription $714 51 

Expenses : 

Printing circulars $4 50 

Envelopes i 00 

Postage stamps 3 50 

Postal cards i S 

Expressage 30 

Pamphlets 2 00 



Total I 11 48 

113 y'ds unbleached muslin 7 91 

120 p'rs pajamas 102 00 

Cheque to Mr. Tappen for rubber sheeting .... 200 00 

" for L. I. City Hospital 50 00 

*' for L. I. City Hospital 20000 



571 39 

Balance sent to Mr. Tappen, in October 143 12 

$714 51 

No cases of delicacies were sent, and nothing was sent directly to any 
camp from the Auxiliary as a body. 

The number of garments made amounted to twenty-six surgeons' 
aprons, twelve bands, and two nightshirts. 

We have nothing left in the Treasury at present. 

Nina Mitchell, 

Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. i6. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. George M. Woodruff, President. 

Mrs. Frederick H. Wiggin, Vice-President. 

Mrs. Charles Symington, 2d Vice-President. 

Mrs. John Laidlaw Buel, Secretary. 

Mrs. H. W. Wessells, Treasurer. 

A special meeting of Auxiliary No. 16 to hear the final report of the 
secretary was held in the Town Hall, Litchfield, Conn., on Saturday, 
October 8th, at 4 p.m., Mrs. Geo. M. Woodruff presiding. Twenty mem- 
bers were present in spite of the threatening weather, showing that the 
interest in the work is no less at the close than in the beginning. After 
the roll-call and reading of the minutes of the previous executive meeting 
and the last sewing meeting, the secretary read the following report of the 
work of the Auxiliary from May 21 to September 29, 1898 : 

Auxiliary No. 16 of the American National Red Cross was organized 
in the Town Hall of Litchfield on Saturday, May 21, 1898, to sew for the 
sick and wounded in our late war with Spain. Work was begun on 
the following Thursday, May 26th, in the Town Hall, where all sewing 
meetings of the Auxiliary were held. For three weeks there were meet- 
ings three times a week to rush work, so that on June i8th, the Auxiliary 
was able to ship to the Red Cross Supply Depot in New York three cases 
containing 310 nightshirts, 471 cheese-cloth squares, and 400 sanitary- 
gauze squares, this being more than double the number of shirts and 171 
more cheese-cloth squares than had been promised for June 15th. After 
this, the Auxiliary met once a week until the cessation of work on Septem- 
ber 28th. There have been in all 23 sewing meetings with an average 
attendance of 22 ; but this average was raised by the very large attend- 
ance during the rush of the first three weeks, the average of which was 32. 
There have been four meetings of the Executive Committee to conduct 
the business of the Auxiliary, all of which were fully attended. 

Six shipments of goods have been made at intervals of about two 
weeks or more, the dates being June 18th, July 12th, August 5th and 22d, 
September ist and 29th, the number of cases being nine. The total sum 
of contents is as follows : 



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Nightshirts 6ii 

Sanitary gauze squares 1 1 96 

Cheese-cloth hemmed squares 1733 

Pajamas 100 

Gingham pillowcases 6 

Safety pins 6 dozen 

Magazines i dozen 

and some papers. 

Of the above, the following are the proportions contributed by Bantam, 
Northfield, and Milton : 

BANTAM : 

Nightshirts 57 

Cheese-cloth squares 87 

Safety pins 6 dozen 

NORTHFIELD : 

Nightshirts 12 

MILTON : 

Nightshirts 10 

Part of the material for the work was donated and part was purchased 
by the Auxiliary. The material donated, is as follows : For 100 nightshirts 
by Mrs. W. H. Maxwell, 50 of which she presented finished, and 50 cutout ; 
for all the pajamas by Mrs. Maxwell, Miss Bergh-Brown, and Mrs. John 
Lindley ; for most of their work, by the ladies of Bantam, and six pieces 
each of muslin and cheese-cloth by Mrs. Shepherd Knapp, Miss Thomas, 
and Miss Knox, who made and gave upwards of thirty pairs of pajamas. 

The names of our contributors of funds are so numerous that we 
cannot ask for space to publish them, but the combined lists of the secre- 
tary and treasurer are entered on the treasurer's book, and will be preserved 
among our most cherished records. 

All remaining material was purchased by the Auxiliary entirely 
through the aid of voluntary donations from the public. 

In the absence of the treasurer, her report to September 23d is herewith 
given out by the secretary. The full report to date cannot be published 
until her return. That given below is, however, the most important part : 

Total Receipts to September 23d ^^2° ^^ 

Total expenses : 

For Material $^°4 55 

For Freight and Express 4 75 

For Sundries 3 16 

. |ii2 46 



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Donations to F. D. Tappen, Treasurer, American 
National Red Cross Relief Committee : 

Unconditional, Used by Relief Committee for Ice $200 00 

Designated by us for Ice 331 00 

Delicacies for Regulars 100 00 

Pipes and tobacco for Regular Cavalry 50 cx3 



Total $793 46 

Balance on hand September 23d 26 66 



$820 12 



Against above balance of $26.66 stands another bill for material, of 
$21.82 and a small sum (unknown) for transportation. But there have 
been one or two small donations since September 23d, and the piece of 
muslin remaining after the cessation of work has been sold to Mrs. Storrs 
O. Seymour for mission purposes, so that the Auxiliary will probably have 
a small amount on hand after the final settlement. The exact statement 
of the above items since September 23d cannot be given out until the 
return of the treasurer. 

Receipts and appreciative thanks from Mr. Tappen, treasurer, and Mr. 
John P. Faure, secretary, for each donation, and from Miss Hoffman of 
the Supply Committee and Mrs. Dana of the Woman's Auxiliary Commit- 
tee, for the cases of goods, are among the papers of the secretary. 

Twenty-four of the American National Red Cross badges have already 
been issued to the officers and members of the Auxiliary. 

The membership roll and all correspondence, records, reports, receipts, 
etc., have been filed by the secretary, and will be ready to hand over to 
the Historical Society as soon as the treasurer's report can be completed 
and the minutes of this meeting shall have been entered in the book. 

Elizabeth C. Barney Buel, Secretary. 

October 8, 1898. 

A letter from Mrs. Dana was then read, in which she expressed her 
thanks for Litchfield's help in the past, and her pleasure that the Auxiliary 
was to remain organized and ready to meet future emergencies. 

It was then unanimously voted that the Red Cross flag made and 
presented to the Auxiliary, by the children, should be preserved, with their 
names, and deposited with the other records of the Auxiliary in the 
Historical Society of Litchfield. 

The meeting then adjourned and nine more names were enrolled 
for badges. 

In conclusion, the Auxiliary wishes to express its very deep sense 
of gratitude for all the help and kindly interest so generously bestowed 
throughout its work, and feels that the credit for the above record should 
be given where it is due : to the patriotic public and enthusiastic workers 
of Litchfield, without whose co-operation it could never have been. 

Elizabeth C. Barney Buel, Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 17. 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

Upon the commencement of hostilities by Spain with the United States 
of America, the movement to give Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and 
contiguous territory a share in the great work of the International Red 
Cross was inaugurated by the Rev. W. D. Maxon, D.D., Rector of Calvary 
Protestant Episcopal Church in the east end of Pittsburgh, Penn. He 
communicated with Mr. H. D. W. English, of Pittsburgh, one of his 
parishioners who was then in New York, upon the subject of his earnest 
desire to interest his parish in particular and such others as might care to 
become associated in the work. Mr. English called upon Mr. John P. 
Faure, Secretary, and Mrs. Mary D. Butler Dana, Secretary of the Woman's 
Committee on Auxiliaries of the American National Red Cross Relief 
Committee who replied by letters dated 20th May, 1898, with explicit in- 
structions in reference to the aims and needs of the Red Cross, method of 
organizing an Auxiliary, etc. At a meeting called by the Rev. Dr. Maxon 
in the Parish House of Calvary Church and held at 8 p.m., on Monday, 
23d May, 1898, there was a large number of ladies and gentlemen present 
and a temporary organization was effected, with the Rev. Dr. Maxon as 
Chairman and Dr. W. S, Foster as Secretary. Mr. English was present 
and explained very clearly the practical workings of the Red Cross. 

An Auxiliary was promptly organized and a committee of three con- 
sisting of Col. A. H. Keith, E. P. Botsford, and W. S. Cromlish was 
appointed to suggest names of large committees to perfect a general organ- 
ization. The report of the Committee was adopted as follows : 
WOMEN'S COMMITTEE. 

Mrs. W. H. Daly Mrs. H. D. W. English 

Mrs. J. J. Vandergrift Mrs. H. Kirke Porter 

Mrs. W. D. Maxon Mrs. William Carr 

Mrs. W. D. Corcoran Mrs. A, M. Imbrie 

Mrs. S. J. Adams Mrs. J. R. Woodwell 

Mrs. G. W. Guthrie Mrs. D. G. Stewart 

Mrs. D. C. Clapp Mrs. E. J. Allen 

Mrs. J. J. Miller Mrs. A. P. Childs 

Miss Grace Kelly Miss Sellers 

Mrs. J. W. Brown Miss Julia Harding 

Mrs. Reuben Miller Mrs. H. E. Collins 

Mrs. H. C. Frick Mrs. G. M. T. Taylor 



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Reuben Miller 
J. B. Jackson 
H. C. Frick 
J. W. Brown 
H. D. W. English 
G. M. T. Taylor 

S. B. DOI'GLAS 



MEN'S COMMITTEE. 

G. W. Gl'THRIE 

C. E. E. Childers 

W. R. SCULLY 

E. Z. Smith 
John Bindley 
J. J. Miller 
Rev. \V. D. Maxon 



W. D. Corcoran 

A. ^^. Imbrie 

M. A. Woodward 

W. J. DiEHL 

D. G. Stewart 
j. r. woodwell 
Dr. \V. S. Foster 



A membership fee of $i.oo each was decided upon and an enrolment 
promptly made of 115 members who were present. 

The Committee on Organization convened at the same place at 4:30 
P.M., on Wednesday :;5th May, 1S9S, when a telegram from Mr. John P. 
Faure, Secretary American National Red Cross Relief Committee was 
read as follows : 

" Your suggestions seem wise and heartily approved. Number seventeen secured to 
you. Secretary of our Committee on Auxiliaries suggests for title, " First Pennsylvania 
Red Cross Auxiliary of Pittsburgh." Thanks for your prompt and effective action. 

General lines of organization were suggested and discussed but it was 
decided to have a Sub-Committee consisting of five ladies and five gentle- 
men with the Rev. W. D. Maxon, D.D. as Chairman to prepare and submit 
a plan of organization at a subsequent date. 

The Sub-Committee was named as follows : G. W. Guthrie, A. M. 
Imbrie, J. J. Miller, Dr. W. S. Foster, E. Z. Smith, Mrs. J. W. Brown, 
Mrs. A. P. Childs, Mrs. H. E. Collins, Mrs. G. M. T. Taylor, Mrs. J. J. 
Vandergrift. 

The general scheme of organization which had been suggested at the 
meeting was submitted by Mr. English to Mr. Faure by letter dated 26th 
May, 1S9S and most heartily approved. 

The Sub-Committee convened at S p.m., at the same place on Saturday 
28th May, 1S9S, and unanimously adopted a basis of organization as 
follows : 

I St. The name of the organization shall be First Pennsylvania Red 
Cross Auxiliary of Pittsburgh. 

2d. Any person desiring to promote the interests of the American 
National Red Cross Relief Committee, in Allegheny County, may become 
a member on payment of an initiation fee of $1.00 ; but all members are 
requested in addition to join some sub-organization. 

3d. The officers shall be a President, five active Vice-Presidents, not 
less than fifteen Honorary Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, 
who shall be elected annually by the General Council. 

4th. There shall be an Executive Committee of nine members to be 



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appointed by the President, the ist Active Vice-President to be chairman 
thereof. 

5th. There shall be a Finance Committee of thirty members to be ap- 
pointed by the President, of which the 2d Active Vice-President shall be 
chairman. 

6th. There shall be an Organization Committee of five members to be 
appointed by the President, the 3d Active Vice-President to be chairman. 

7th. There shall be a General Council consisting of representatives 
from the various sub-organizations, such sub-organizations being entitled 
to one representative for every fifty members, or fraction thereof, and the 
active officers of this organization. 

8th. Sub-organizations may be formed by individuals or associations 
desiring to do so, which shall be designated by numbers in the order of 
their organization, and by such names as they may select, they shall pay 
to this organization an initiation fee of $1.00 for each member, and elect 
one member of the General Council for every fifty members. 

9th, A general meeting of the organization shall be held at least 
once a year, the time and place to be designated by the President, and as 
much oftener as it may be called by him. The time and place of the 
meeting of the General Council and the various committees shall be fixed 
by them. 

The Sub-Committee convened again in the Vestry Room of Calvary 
Church at 7 p.m., on Tuesday 31st May, 1898, and elected the following 

officers : 

John B. Jackso.x, President. 

H. K. Porter, First Active Vice-President. 

John G. Holmes, Second Active Vice-President. 

Rev. Dr. W. D. Maxon, Third Active Vice-President. 

Albert J. Barr, Fourth Active Vice-President. 
Rev. Dr. Rabbi L. Mayer, Fifth Active Viee-President. 
James I. Buchanan, Secretary. James H Lockhart, Treasurer. 

Honorary Vice-Presidents. 
(Rt. Rev.) Bishop Cortlandt Whitehead 
(Rt. Rev.) Bishop Richard Phelan Mrs. Hugh C. Campbell 

Mrs. W. a. Herron H. C. Frick 

Mrs. Thomas M. Howe Capt. J. J. Vandergrift 

Mrs. William Thaw Hon. C. L. Magee 

Mrs. Samuel McKee Jas. S. Kuhn 

Miss Matilda W. Denny Chas. Donnelly 

Mrs. Geo. H. Anderson C. B. Shea. 

The Organization Committee met in the Parish House, Calvary Church, 
at 8 o'clock the same evening and received and unanimously adopted the 
action of the Sub-Committee in all particulars, including the basis of or- 
ganization and election of officers. 



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A letter was subsequently received from Mr. John P. Faure, Secretary, 
approving on behalf of the Executive Committee of everything that had 
been reported to him, including the basis of organization, commenting 
specially upon the great wisdom shown in the diversified character of the 
officers elected, and felicitously anticipating the cordial cooperation which 
has always characterized the relations of the Executive Committee with 
the Auxiliary. 

Pursuant to call of Mr. John B. Jackson, President, a meeting of the 
officers and members of First Pennsylvania Red Cross Auxiliary of Pitts- 
burgh, No. 17, was held in the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce on 
Thursday, 9th June, 1898, at 3 P m., to perfect the organization and take 
any further steps deemed advisable, at which there was a large attendance 
of both ladies and gentlemen. The President, who was in the chair, 
opened the meeting with appropriate and stirring remarks in regard to the 
organization, and was ably followed by the Rev. W. D. Maxon, D.D. 

The President announced the following appointments on Committees,. 

viz. : — 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 

H. K. Porter, ChairtHan. 

A. P. BURCHFIELD R. D. McGONNIGLE 

H. D. W. English Harry S. Paul 

James Evans Frank Semple 

H. Dennison Lyon C. B. McLean 
John K. McGinley 

FINANCE COMMITTEE. 

John G. Holmes, Chairman. 

Joseph Albree H. J. Heinz 

0. G. BuRGDORF J. S. Kaufman 
H. C. Bughman W. M. Kennedy 
A. H. Childs Thomas H. Lane 
T. D. Chantler D. McK. Lloyd 
J. D. Gallery A. W. Mellon 
George A. Chalfant James A. McNally 
Thomas P. Day S. C. McCandless 
Edward E. Duff S. S. Pinkerton 
John Dimling Robert S. Smith 
W. N. Frew James W. Scully 

1. W. Frank M. K. Salisbury 
W. II. Graham Charles E. Succop 
F. \V. G winner F. J. Torrance 

A. A. IlORNE E. P. Young 

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE. 

Rev. Dr. W. D. Maxon, Chairman. 
J. J. Miller, George K. Stevenson. 

Rev. Dr. William McEwan, W. J. Sawyer. 

Rev. Father Bush, 



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The constitution and organization of officers and committees were 
read by the Secretary and they were approved and confirmed. Mr. H. 
Kirke Porter, First Active Vice-President and Chairman of the Executive 
Committee, said : " As citizens of the United States of America we should 
feel very grateful for the energetic work proposed to be done by the Ameri- 
can National Red Cross Relief Committee," and he pointed out that there 
was far better preparation for the work of the Red Cross than there had 
been in 1861. He spoke of the hospital ship and the hospital Pullman train 
for moving the wounded, and said that it was certainly desirable that we 
should be active for those who suffered in our stead ; and while we were 
all at sea at the present time as to exactly what to do, we should proceed 
with whatever our hands find to do, and that the simpler the machinery 
the better, and that perhaps the existing organizations in the churches 
might be utilized without commencing new organizations. 

The Rev. Dr. L. Mayer most earnestly followed in similar lines and 
asked for the information we had as to the immediate needs. 

The President called upon the Secretary to read Mrs. Dana's letter of 
20th May, suggesting that we undertake to furnish a sterilizing plant for 
the ambulance ship, costing $1500 and 500 pajamas. 

On motion of Mr. W. N. Frew the officers were directed to offer im- 
mediately to supply these, and a telegram was dispatched to that effect 
forthwith. 

Several gentlemen followed urging prompt and efficient action by all, 
and on motion of Messrs. C. C. Donnelly and Frank Scrapie the Finance 
Committee was directed to secure subscriptions for money to be expended 
by the Executive Committee. At this point the meeting adjourned. 

The Organization Committee in the interim had been energetically at 
work and had sent an urgent appeal to every minister of the Gospel and 
the representative of every religious denomination in Allegheny County 
numbering over 360, presenting concisely the great opportunity of the Red 
Cross, giving in full the constitution and list of officers of the First 
Pennsylvania Red Cross Auxiliary, as well as the names of the gentlemen 
composing the National Relief Committee and submitting a form of 
organization suggested (but not obligatory) for sub-auxiliaries as follows : 

1. This organization shall be called Sub-Auxiliary No. — of 

the First Pennsylvania Red Cross Auxiliary. 

2. The object of this Society is to provide for the sick and wounded 

during the present war, under the auspices of the American Na- 
tional Red Cross, and in affiliation with the American National 
Red Cross Relief Committee of New York. 

3. Any person may become a member of this Society by paying the 

membership fee of . 



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4- The officers shall consist of a president, two or three vice-presidents, 
a secretary and a treasurer, to be elected by the members. 

5. This Society shall be represented in the General Council of the 

First Pennsylvania Red Cross Auxiliary of Pittsburgh by one 
delegate for every 50 members or fraction thereof. 

6. The Society shall forward to the Treasurer of the First Pennsylvania 

Red Cross Auxiliary, Mr. J, H. Lockhart, (Bank of Commerce 
Building, Pittsburgh), one dollar for every member. 

7. There shall be a Committee of Ways and Means consisting of 

members appointed by the President, whose duty shall be to 
secure contributions for the work of the Society. 

8. There shall be a General Woman's Committee of members, 

whose Head and Secretary shall be elected by the members. 
This Committee shall have direct charge of the work and shall 
be divided into various sub-committees as the work may require, 
such as — 

(a) Executive. 

(b) Cutting. 

(c) Distributing and Packing, etc. 

(d) Membership. 

(e) Luncheon. 

9. The distribution and transportation of all work of this Sub-Auxil- 

iary shall be under the direction of the Executive Committee of 
the First Pennsylvania Red Cross Auxiliary of Pittsburgh. 

Sub- Auxiliaries were organized rapidly and had much work done in ad- 
vance of requisitions. 

At a meeting of the officers and chairmen of the committees held in the 
Chamber of Commerce on June 18, 189S, at 3 p.m., it was declared to be 
the sense of the meeting among other things that the Executive Committee 
should be the active body of the organization, and all questions should be 
referred to and determined by it, and that the Finance Committee should 
issue a call for five thousand dollars at once, and also that warrants on the 
treasurer should be signed by the chairman of the Executive Committee 
and countersigned by the president of the Auxiliary. 

The Executive Committee convened with Mr. H. K. Porter in the 
chair and R. D. McGonnigle as secretary on June 22, 1898. They went 
through the routine of establishing a system of accounts, and elected Maj. 
A. P. Burchfield as vice-chairman of the committee and to have direction 
of all supplies. They ordered 5000 copies of George Kennan's article 
" What is the Red Cross ? " which had appeared in the Outlook on June 



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i8, to be printed and sent to the officers of Sub-Auxiliaries for distribution 
with other literature received from the National Headquarters in New- 
York. 

At the suggestion of Mr. John P. Faure, Secretary, in his letter of June 
1 6th, the Executive Committee agreed to provide for the wants of one 
of the military camps to be established, and Camp Thomas, at Chicka- 
mauga, was subsequently designated. 

The first requisition from Mr. A. S. Solomons was received for 300 to 
500 hospital shirts, 200 to 500 pajamas, 300 to 500 nightshirts, and 1000 
abdominal bandages, and promptly honored. 

The generous offer by Mr. John B. Jackson, the President, of the use 
of his most suitable building, 307 Wood Street, for a warehouse or supply- 
depot, or any other purpose desired by the Red Cross, was most gratefully 
accepted. 

Sub-Committees were appointed to endeavor to get favorable rates from 
the telegraph and express companies. The Adams and American Ex- 
press Companies made a discount of 25 per cent, from their commercial 
rates, which was gratefully appreciated and acknowledged. 

In accordance with the regulations of the " Woman's Committee on 
Auxiliaries," of the American National Red Cross Relief Committee, we 
filed the names of our officers, etc., and received through Mrs. Dana, Sec- 
retary, a formal authorization paper, signed by Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner,. 
Chairman, dated June 28th, 1898. 

The need of the active co-operation of the ladies was early recognized 
and accordingly at the meeting of the Executive Committee on June 25th,. 
the Sub- Auxiliaries were requested to send one or more lady representatives 
to attend a general meeting of all Auxiliaries, which was held at the Cham- 
ber of Commerce on Tuesday, June 28th, at 2 p.m., for the general confer- 
ence, and the invitation was also extended to all ladies who had an interest 
in the work of the Red Cross, of which a public announcement was made 
in the press. A cordial invitation was also extended to "The Sewickley 
Red Cross Auxiliary No. 26 " to attend the meeting. 

The meeting convened on June 28, 1898, at 3 p.m., and a very enthu- 
siastic one it was, between 75 and 80 ladies being present. Mr. John B. 
Jackson occupied the chair, and Mr. W. J. Sawyer acted as secretary. Mr. 
H. K. Porter, chairman of the Executive Committee, stated what we had 
undertaken in the way of the sterilizing plant to cost $1,500, and supply of 
garments and the needs of Camp Thomas, and that upon the ladies would 
chiefly depend the best method of conducting the work. A general and 
most profitable discussion was had, resulting in the appointment of a 
" Cutting Committee " to select materials and patterns for goods to be 
made, from whom such Sub-Auxilaries as wished could procure goods al- 



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ready cut or uncut as they might desire. The Ladies' Committee as finally 
organized was as follows : 

Mrs. J. L. Anderson, C/mirman. 

Mrs. C. H. Scott, Vice-Chairman. 

Miss M. E. Friesell, Secretary. 



Mrs. J- J. Vandergrift 

Mrs. E. Kearns 

Mrs. W. W. Grier 

Mrs. Geo. Glass 

Mrs. Chas. F. Sherriff 

Miss M'Kee 

Mrs. Jos. D. Weeks 

Miss Bessie M'Eldowney 

Mrs. Chas. Neale 

Miss Maud E. Doutuett 

Miss Carrie Reed 

Mrs. Peter Keil 

Mrs. Smike 

Miss Minnie Affelder 

Mrs. T. M. Ashford 



Mrs. G. a. Kelly 
Miss Snee 

Miss Isabelle Chalfant 
Mrs. Rosenberger 
Miss I. M. Brown 
Mrs. E. W, Powers 
Mrs. J. E. Herford 
Mrs. J. A. Wakefield 
Mrs. S. F. M'Comb 
Mrs. Jno. E. Fraser 
Miss Mary Burgwin 
Mrs. John Coleberry 
Mrs. J. R. Hutchison 
Mrs. Lang 
Mrs. M. Forrest 
Mrs. W. A. LaRoss 



Mrs. Geo. L. Griscom 

Miss E. Sawyer 

Mrs. Strickler 

Mrs. J. Warren Lytle 

Mrs. H. L. Everett 

Mrs. Matthew Bigger 

Mrs. W. J. MoREHEAD 

Mrs. C. R. Jones 

Mrs. W. L. Chalf,\nt 

Mrs. Salisbury 

Miss Edna V. Patterson 

Mrs. S. R. Sloan 

Mrs. Leak 

Miss Kinzer 

Miss Laura Dean 



At the Executive Committee meeting of July 2, 1898, an arrangement 
was made with Mr. H. C. Wilson to act as secretary of the Executive 
Committee and General Agent in charge of the Supply Depot. 

Meetings of the Executive Committee were held whenever a conference 
was necessary, and often on an hour's notice, or even less. The following 
dates represent the formal meetings which were held : — June 22, 25 ; July 
2, 8, 18, 20, 22, 28 ; August 5, 12, 19, 24, 29 ; September 2, 8, 16, 23 ; Octo- 
ber 7, 17, 26 ; November 8 ; and the Ladies' Committee (which was always 
the " right arm " of the Executive Committee), met regularly with a full 
attendance every Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to 12 m., and sometimes 
more frequently. 

The Ladies' Committee had several Sub-Committees for " Red Cross 
Day," consisting of — 

GENERAL COMMITTEE. 

Mrs. Thomas Liggett, Chairman. 
Mrs. J. L. Anderson. Mrs. J. J. Vandergrift. 

FLAG COMMITTEE. 

Mrs. H. C. Dravo, Chairman. 
Mrs. J. Hardin Hays. Mrs. A. C. Culbertson. 

CANDY AND FLOWER-STAND COMMITTEE. 

Miss J. Kinser, 
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COMMITTEE ON STREET CONTRIBUTION BOXES. 
Mrs. C. F. Sherriff, Chairman. 

OFFICIALS FOR RED CROSS SPORTS. 

Crombie Allen, General Manager. 
G. Wash. Moore and McKee Graham, Assistant Managers. 

and the same ladies took charge of the Red Cross Emergency Hospital in 
the Union Depot in connection with the Mayor's Subsistence Committee, 
to whose work reference will be made hereafter. 

In addition to the various garments which were made, a large number 
were purchased in New York and supplied in this way. 

The following is a complete statement of the supplies delivered to the 
representatives of the National Committee and others in furtherance of 
the work of the "Red Cross," including the money transferred to the Na- 
tional Committee for ice, etc. These are, after all, the best record of what 
has been accomplished to the present time : 

4089 pajamas, 4009 sheets, 3200 pillowcases, 3595 hospital and night- 
shirts, 376 surgical shirts, 585 outing shirts, 3415 suits underwear, 5742 
towels, 4432 handkerchiefs, 1381 pairs socks, 2500 yards bandages, 230 
housewives, 13 comfort bags, 917 yards cheese-cloth, 332 wash-cloths, 
4 boxes absorbent cotton, 15 pieces mosquito netting, 200 women's, 
children's and men's garments, 1057 cholera abdominal bands, 9075 
hospital abdominal bands, 2 packages Linton moist gauze, i case sheep's 
wool sponges, i dozen round ice-bags, No. i ; 1601 surgeon's gauze 
sponges, 97 boxes writing paper, 207 writing tablets, 2000 envelopes, 
50 postage stamps, 699 lead pencils, 144 pens, 72 pen-holders, 1528 
pairs slippers, 3 gallons brandy, 24 bottles wine, 20 bottles blackberry 
cordial, 53 gallons blackberry cordial, 56 quarts blackberry cordial, 
I bottle brandy, 147 bottles grape juice, 12 pints raspberry vinegar, 97 
pints fruit juices, 192 quarts ginger ale, 236 quarts lime juice, 4 cases 
lime juice, 418 bouillon capsules, 4 cans bouillon, 13 cases clam bouil- 
lon, 50 bottles clam bouillon, 2^2> quarts clam bouillon, 220 quarts as- 
sorted soups, loi jars beef extract, 45 boxes beef extract, 21 boxes beef 
capsules, 824 cans condensed milk and evaporated cream, 40 jars malted 
milk, 466 cans malted milk, 48 tablets malted milk, 6 large cases malted 
milk tablets, 3 small cases malted milk tablets, 30 jars Port wine jelly, 24 
pints Sherry wine jelly, 176 quarts assorted jellies, 596 pints assorted 
jellies, 517 glasses assorted jellies, 24 glasses currant jelly, 145 quarts pre- 
served fruit, 47 pints preserved fruit, 10 jars preserved fruit, 24 pounds 
preserved fruit, 244 packages farina, 105 packages corn-starch, 5 boxes 
shredded wheat, 7 boxes Hubbard rusk, 15 packages Imperial Granum, 



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lo boxes prepared food, 24 packages jelHcon, 7 boxes assorted crackers, 
12 tins crackers, 16 packages gelatine, 5 pounds Baker's chocolate, 12 
packages granose flakes, 12 boxes granose biscuits, 6 boxes gluten wafers, 
12 boxes zephyrettes, 4 boxes zweiback, 36 pounds granula, 52 packages 
rolled oats, 11 packages tapioca, 70 packages tryphosa, 50 pounds 
tobacco, 48 packages Armour's beef tablets, 76 cans cocoa, 7 pounds 
cocoa, 36 junket tablets, 36 pounds tea, 240 cans California fruit, 48 jars 
calves' foot jelly, 50 boxes Anker's capsules, 2 pounds crystallized ginger, 
5 dozen lemons, i gallon bay rum, 2 gallons cologne, 3 dozen beef tab- 
lets, 44 packages bouillon tablets, i box ambrosia, i box nuttose, 1250 
pounds assorted groceries, 24 clothes whisks, i box rennet tablets, 3 
packages rennet tablets, 422 fans, 50 postal cards, 458 cakes soap, 250 
tracts, 51 St. John's Gospels, 8 packages Mellin's and Carnrick's food. 

Of the foregoing list of hospital food, no boxes, i barrel, i keg were 
sent to the National Committee at New York ; 64 boxes, 8 barrels were 
sent direct to camps, principally Camp Thomas, and 7 boxes were sent to 
our Pittsburgh Hospitals that were caring for soldiers. 

Cash sent to National Committee to purchase ice $4000 00 

" sent to National Committee to buy hospital food supplies. 2000 00 
" sent to Dr. Sutton, Surgeon at Camp Thomas, for hospital 

food supplies 472 80 

The Chautauqua Eureka Ice Co. and Crystal Ice Co. supplied ice 
and drinking-water gratis to Sub-Auxiliaries at their meetings. It was 
found necessary at an early date to admit to a share in our work parties 
and organizations desiring it outside of Allegheny County, and so among 
our Sub-Auxiliaries will be found some in other localities. 

Our total cash receipts to date amount to $24,457.23. 

One of the plans for raising money was to distribute contribution boxes 
to the banks and trust companies. These produced $143.72. 

Red Cross Sub-Auxiliaries organized rapidly, and were given numbers 
in accordance with their priority of organization. 

On ist November, 1898, the Red Cross Sub- Auxiliaries numbered 
seventy-three and were as follows : 

No. I Calvary Episcopal Church, E. E. 

No. 2 East Liberty Presbyterian Church. 

No. 3 Third Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. 

No. 4 Kingsley House. 

No. 5 St. Peter's Church (R. C), Allegheny. 

No. 6 Sixth United Presbyterian, East Liberty. 

No. 7 First United Presbyterian, Allegheny. 

No. 8 Oakmont, Allegheny Co., Pa. 



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No. 9 First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. 

No. lo Fourth Ave. Baptist Church, Pittsburgh. 

No. II Crafton, Allegheny Co., Pa. 

No. 12 First Unitarian Church, Pittsburgh. 

No. 13 Idlewood, Allegheny Co., Pa. 

No. 14 North Avenue Methodist Church, Allegheny. 

No. 15 North Presbyterian Church, Allegheny. 

No. 16 Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. 

No. 17 Point Breeze Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. 

No. 18 Lawrenceville Sub- Auxiliary, Pittsburgh. 

No. 19 Carnegie, Allegheny Co., Pa. 

No. 20 Edgewood Park, Allegheny Co., Pa, 

No. 21 Christ Methodist Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh. 

No. 22 Bellevue, Allegheny Co., Pa. 

No. 23 Smithfield St. Methodist Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh. 

No. 24 Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. 

No. 25 Sharpsburg and Etna Sub- Auxiliary. 

No. 26 Shady Ave. Baptist Church, Pittsburgh. 

No. 27 Church of the Ascension, Pittsburgh. 

No. 28 Tarentum, Pa. 

No. 29 Arlington Heights, 27th Ward, S. S., Pittsburgh. 

No. 30 Trinity Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh. 

No. 31 Second United Presbyterian Church, Allegheny, 

No. 32 Wilkinsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pa. 

No. 33 Vandergrift, Pa, 

No. 34 Third United Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. 

No. 35 Church of the Good Shepherd, Hazelwood, Pittsburgh. 

No. 36 Sixth United Presbyterian Church, Allegheny. 

No. 37 Grace Reformed Church, Pittsburgh. 

No, 38 Avalon, Allegheny Co., Pa. 

No. 39 Reformed Presbyterian Church (O. S.), Pittsburgh. 

No. 40 First German Evangelical Protestant Church, Pittsburgh. 

No. 41 Boggs & Buhl, Allegheny, Pa. 

No. 42 Post 88, Allegheny, Pa. 

No. 43 Leechburg, Pa. 

No, 44 Columbian Branch of the National Council of Jewish Women. 

No. 45 Emory Methodist Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh. 

No. 46 First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh. 

No, 47 Always-Ready King's Daughters, 

No, 48 Apollo, Pa. 

No, 49 Kittanning, Pa, 

No. 50 Grace Episcopal Church, Mt, Washington, Pittsburgh. 



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No. 51 McDonald, Pa. 

No. 52 Mercer, Pa. 

No. 53 Brighton Road Presbyterian Church, Allegheny. 

No. 54 The Union Sub- Auxiliary (Union of four Pittsburgh Churches). 

No. 55 Newcastle, Pa. 

No. 56 Claysville, Pa. 

No. 57 Verona, Pa. 

No. 58 Sheridanville, Pa. 

No. 59 Parker's Landing, Pa. 

No. 60 Beaver Falls, Pa. 

No. 61 Sardis, Westmoreland Co., Pa. 

No. 62 Freeport, Pa. 

No. 63 Bellevernon, Pa. 

No. 64 Homestead, Pa. 

No. 65 Latrobe, Pa. 

No. 66 Wilmerding, Pa. 

No. 67 Sixth Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. 

No. 68 Calvary M. E. Church, Allegheny. 

No. 69 Col. John B. Clark Circle, Allegheny. 

No. 70 St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh. 

Three Sub-Auxiliaries without numbers. 

New Kensington, Pa. 

St. Joseph's (R. C.) Church, Natrona, Pa. 

Washington, Pa. 
These secured a very large membership and payments were received 
on account of fees of $1.00 each from 6174 persons, as follows : 

June 9 to July 30 $2,435 

August 1^915 

September - 7^4 

October • ^53 

Nov. I to Nov. 22 957 

Total $6,174 

of which 6044 members are in Sub-Auxiliaries and 130 members are in the 
central organization. A comparison of these figures is now being made with 
Sub-Auxiliaries which may result in some slight change, more probably in 
the way of addition, as money intended for memberships was sometimes 
sent in as contributions ; but this is, after all, a matter of accounts, as "in 
meal or malt" the treasury of the First Pennsylvania Red Cross Auxiliary 
got all the money on which ever account for its use. 

Reference has been made to " Red Cross Day." This was an enter- 



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prise wholly devised and carried out by the committees of ladies and such 
others as they called upon. The day designated was Friday, August 26th. 
The mayor requested its observance as a half-holiday and it seemed en- 
tirely given over by the city to the benefit of the Red Cross ; the various 
restaurants and places of amusement about the parks and street railways 
donating a large portion of their revenue to the committees who by press 
notices and other efforts made the event the grand success it was ; indi- 
viduals, organizations, and firms vied with each other in gifts to the ladies 
for the occasion ; the day produced, by contributions through the com- 
mittees and otherwise, to the treasury of the Red Cross the large net sum 
of Ss>036-57. Space will not permit more than this passing reference. 
Full accounts of the event appeared in the press at the time with names of 
the contributors. 

On August 31st the Emergency Hospital was opened in the Union 
Depot for soldiers passing through, and for its equipment and maintenance 
the executive committee appropriated $2,000. 

A knowledge of the needs of our soldiers in transit, many of them sick 
and wounded, requiring urgent and tender care sometimes, passing through 
in regiments of 1000 or more at a time in the early hours after midnight 
and the later hours before day-light, which needs were always anticipated 
and fully supplied, saves the necessity for any detailed report of the work 
accomplished by the " Saint Filomenas " in charge and the large band of 
devoted helpers, both ladies and gentlemen, whom they had enlisted for 
the service and whose motto was semper paratus. 

Services were promptly offered and accepted from the West Penn, 
Homeopathic, South Side, Mercy, and Allegheny General Hospitals, and 
the Pittsburgh Free Dispensar>% and their physicians and nurses were most 
diligent in their attendance and effective in their aid. 

The services rendered at the various hospitals to soldier patients 
were as follows : 

South Side Hospital 5^ days 

Allegheny General Hospital 107 

Homeopathic Hospital 114 

Mercy Hospital 161 

West Penn Hospital 362 

Total 800 

for which no charge whatever was made or expected, but it was thought 
by the Executive Committee that as this was peculiarly " Red Cross " work 
it was proper to make a contribution in return from the money given to 
us for this purpose, and so the sum of $800 was distributed to the hospitals 
proportionately. 



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We have still some money unexpended and our Sub-Auxiliaries report 
that they have some also, so when the calls from the National Committee 
come again we will be in excellent shape to respond promptly, and our 
large membership ensures ability to respond continuously. As far as we 
have heard our people have evinced a disposition to keep up their organi- 
zations for future work. 

Our statistics after all are the best statement of our deeds. But it 
must be kept in mind that our report contains in reality only the summary 
of the work done by the Sub-Auxiliaries, accounts of which from time to 
time have appeared in our local press. It will be understood that our 
available space is necessarily too limited to repeat these in detail as we 
would like to do otherwise, on the principle of seeing credit given to whom 
credit is due. Inasmuch as all connected with the work rendered such 
whole-hearted, efficient service, adequate commendation would involve a 
general roll-call, but all will agree that this sketch should not close with- 
out special reference to the Ladies' Committee which met every Saturday 
and frequently oftener, and especially to its Chairman, Mrs. J. L. Ander- 
son, whose unremitting labors day and night, in sunshine and rain, in 
season and out of season, kept alive in all the fire of enthusiasm and 
energy of effort, planning for and meeting the requisitions from the 
National Committee not only promptly, but in many cases instantly, and 
gaining for us unstinted praise ; nor should we forget that the wonderful 
executive ability thus manifested might have been ineffectual had the 
work not been so loyally and magnificently supported by the Sub- 
Auxiliaries and their officers one and all. And we would also bear testi- 
mony to the uniform courtesy and considerate treatment received by us. 
from the officials and representatives of the National Committee which 
encouraged and stimulated us all so much. 

On October 17th the Executive Committee adopted the following 
resolution which was communicated to the Sub-Auxiliaries and which sus- 
pended work for the present but called for a continuance of the organiza- 
tions, viz : 

" Resolved, That the Executive Committee of the First Penna. Red 
Cross Auxiliary recommend the discontinuance of work by the Sub- 
Auxiliaries, and that all supplies now in the hands of such Auxiliaries be 
sent to Headquarters, No. 307 Wood Street, before November ist, when 
the Headquarters will be closed until further notice. The Committee 
would further recommend, however, a continuance of the present organi- 
zation of each Auxiliary until further notice from this Committee," 

J. I. Buchanan, Secretary^ 

Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 24, 1S98. 



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STATEMENT. 

Receipts and Disbursements of the First Pennsylvania Red Cross Auxiliary of Pitts- 
burgh, Pa., No. 17, from June 9, 1898, to January 31, 1899. 

Receipts. 

Cash received for membership fees $ 5.534 70 

" " from subscriptions 17,340 29 

" " for material sold i , 793 3° 

■" " " sundry amounts returned from appropria- 
tions 28 47 

$24,696 76 
Disbursements. 

Special Ice Fund, through N. Y. Committee $ 3,000 00 

General Fund, through F. D. Tappen, Treas., N. Y 1,000 00 

Supply Acct. , through N. Y. Supply Committee, $2,943 15 
Material Acct., through Women's Ex. Com., 

Pittsburgh 2,635 20 

5,578 35 

Women's Ex. Com. at Depot Subsistence Rooms, etc 58S 54 

Hospital supplies, Camp Thomas 1,500 00 

Salaries, freight, printing, postage, etc 1,425 9^ 

City Hospitals, caring for soldier patients 816 00 

Appropriated for use of two nurses ill with typhoid fever at 

Jacksonville, Fla 200 00 

Appropriated for loth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers 

at Manila, hospital use 500 00 

Cash in bank 10,087 89 



$24,696 76 
Jas. H. Lockhart, Treasurer. 



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AUXILIARY No. i8. 

The Miscellaneous Auxiliary. 

OFFICERS. 

jNIiss Helen Dominick, President. 

Miss Frances V. Stewart, Secretary. 

Miss Alice R. Clark, Treasurer, 

Auxiliary i8 has sixteen members. There are no Sub- Auxiliaries. 
No garments were made and no cases of delicacies sent. The purpose of 
the Auxiliary was to supply cheese-cloth wash-rags and surgical handker- 
chiefs. In June 300 wash-rags were sent to the Red Cross Supply Com- 
mittee, and every fortnight during the summer wash-rags and surgical 
handkerchiefs were sent to Red Cross Headquarters, making in all Soo 
wash-rags and 2000 surgical handkerchiefs. 

Helen Dominick, President. 

November 5, 1898. 



AUXILIARY No. 19. 
Laundry Plajit Atixiliary. 

Auxiliary 19 has only to report, that it came into existence June 3d, 
and before June 1 2th had collected and deposited with Frederick D. Tappen, 
Treasurer, $1555 to purchase a steam laundry plant for a Red Cross hos- 
pital ship, that being the only work done by Auxiliary 19. There are no 
Sub-Auxiliaries, and but one member. 

Alice B. Babcock, 

October 26, 1898. 58 West 57th Street. 



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AUXILIARY No. 20. 

OFFICERS. 

Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., LL.D., Honorary Chairman. 

Mrs. Henry Marquand, President, Mt. Kisco. 

Mrs. William Chandler Casey, First Vice-President, Bedford. 

Mrs. Robert W. Leonard, Second Vice-President, Mt. Kisco. 

Mrs. James Lounsberry, Treasurer, Katonah. 

Miss D. W. Marble, Secretary, Bedford. 

SUB-COMMITTEES IN 

Bedford Kensico 

Bedford Station Mount Kisco 

Chappaqua Peekskill 

Croton Falls Pleasantville 

East View Purdy's Station 

Golden's Bridge and Soniers South Salem, Lewisboro, and Waccabuc 

Katonah Shrub Oaks 

This Auxiliary was organized at a meeting called by Mrs. Henry Mar- 
quand on the 2 1 St of June, 1898. Great interest was manifested, and it 
was resolved to form an Auxiliary to be known as the Red Cross Society 
of Northern Westchester County, to include that part of the county lying 
north of White Plains and Tarrytown. A system of local Sub-Committees 
was perfected, by which the work has been carried on in each village and 
own. 

At that time the need of succor for our brave soldiers had begun to 
be generally felt, and many gladly hailed the opportunity to do what lay 
in their power to help the sick and wounded. An appeal from the Society 
met with an immediate and generous response. The work, varying with 
the successive demands, has been carried on with continued enthusiasm 
throughout the summer. 

As this part of the county is chiefly a farming community with few 
large towns, the efforts of the Society were at first directed towards the 
collecting of such needed supplies as could best be made in the country, 
such as homemade delicacies, sewing, and the like, and this has been 
successfully done. 



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At the first meeting of the Society the maintenance of one nurse for 
six months was pledged, and as the call for nurses became more urgent, 
more was contributed for this purpose, until $1332 had been paid by this 
Auxiliary to Auxiliary No. 3 for the support of nurses. 

Early in September Mrs. Marquand reported to the Society the work 
of the Long Island City Emergency Hospital, and asked for help there. 
A public meeting was held, and within a week $341-63 was contributed in 
response to this appeal. 

An effort was made about September 20th to establish a convalescent 
home for soldiers, and all arrangements were completed when it became 
evident that the hospitals already established would be adequate to the 
need, and the plan was abandoned. 

Soldiers from the Engineer Corps at Camp Townsend have been cared 
for by the Peekskill Sub-Committee at the Helping-Hand Hospital at 
Peekskill, and later five soldiers from Camp Wikoff were under treatment 
there. 

A member of the Executive Committee of this Auxiliary, Miss Ellen 
Wood, served for six weeks as Superintendent of Nurses at the hospital at 
Fort Hamilton. 

INIost of the supplies from this Auxiliary have been sent to the Red 
Cross Supply Depot from the various Sub-Committees. A few have been 
sent direct to camps and hospitals. Franks for all supplies were kindly 
given by Mr. James C. Fargo, President of the American Express Com- 
pany. 

At a meeting held on November 15th, this Society was adjourned, sub- 
ject to the call of the Chair. 

The following articles were sent to the Red Cross Supply Depot, 
552 Broadway : 

317 sheets, 231 pillowcases, 421 towels, 176 pajamas, 1398 cheese- 
cloth handkerchiefs, 630 abdominal bands, 125 negligee shirts, 79 
nightshirts, 1237 hospital jackets, 97 comfort bags, 40 wash-cloths, 20 
straw-bedticks, 93 rolled bandages, 1200 antiseptic bandages, 12 yards long, 
rolled, a quantity of old linen, hospital supi:)lies and miscellaneous articles, 
303 children's dresses, several cases of women's and children's clothing, 
about 500 nurses' caps, and 150 brassards, 958 jars jelly and fruit, 117 
bottles wine and cordials, 5 quarts blackberry brandy, 130 cans condensed 
milk, 85 cans soup and vegetables, 13 boxes beef capsules, 26 boxes mis- 
cellaneous groceries, 422 pounds of tobacao, 87 packages tobacco, 94 
pipes, 12 boxes and 18 barrels of reading matter. 

Sent to hospital at Fort Hamilton : 25 pounds butter, i dozen hot- 
water bags. 

Delia W. Marble, Secretary. 



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TREASURER'S REPORT. 
Receipts June 21 to November 15, 1S9S. 

For General Relief Work $1434 89 

For Maintenance of Nurses 1329 73 

For Long Island City Emergency Hospital 314 63 

$3079 25 

Disbursements. 

For Maintenance of Nurses sent to Auxiliary No. 3 $1332 00 

Long Island City Emergency Hospital 341 63 

For General Relief Work : 

Sent to the National Relief Committee (from Croton 

Falls) $50 GO 

Air Cushions sent to Chickamauga through Supply 

Depot 50 00 

Tobacco 45 00 

Pajamas 45 00 

Slippers 10 00 

Abdominal Bands 25 00 

Materials, etc 691 42 

For care of Soldiers in Hospital at Peekskill 96 14 

In aid of a destitute Soldier 25 00 

Current Expenses 70 55 

$rio8 15 

Balance on hand November 15 297 47 

$3079 25 

Mrs. James Lounsberry, Treasurer. 



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AUXILIARY No. 21. 
Hazleton, Pa. 

Mrs. Wm. C. Gayley, CJmirman. 

Miss Mabel Louise Doud, Secretary. 

Mrs. Wm. F. Roberts, Treasurer. 

Our Society was organized in June. Since that time we have sent to 
the American National Red Cross Supply Committee in New York, at 552 
and 554 Broadway : 

3 cases of pajamas, nightshirts, towels, pillowcases, wash-ups, sheets, 
old linen. 

I large barrel of clothing, and reading matter, writing tablets, toilet 
soap. 

I large box provisions : beef extract, tea, cocoa, crackers, corn-starch, 
cracked wheat, farina, oat flakes, condensed milk. 

I box of ivory soap (144 cakes). 

I box of jellies : 40 glasses, 2 quart cans. 

I box of provisions to the Signal Corps, near Washington. This was 
sent by request. 

I box of lemons to the Red Cross Hospital at Camp Meade. 

And October 22nd I sent a box of pajamas, nightshirts, wash-ups, 
pillowcases, and a few other articles to the Supply Depot in New York, 82 
and 84 Fulton Street. 

The number of articles made by our Auxiliary I cannot give an exact 
account of. In sending out boxes a correct list has been sent in each box, 
also one to Mrs. Dana. 

Our membership was 70, but a number failed to do any active work. 

Hazleton is a mining town of very little wealth, and we found the people 
not inclined to be liberal in giving to this noble cause. 

We had no Sub-Auxiliaries. We do not care to disband, and are will- 
ling to do whatever we can to assist in the good work. We have sent 
three hundred and five dollars to Mr. Tappen. 

Mabel L. Doud, Secretary. 

October 23, 1898. 



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AUXILIARY No. 22. 

Auxiliary 22 was organized on May 31st, i8g8, at a meeting held at 
the house of Mrs. Robert Temple Emmet, New Rochelle. Sixty persons 
were present and the following officers were elected : 

Chairman, Mrs. Frank K. Hunter. 

iMrs. C. Oliver Iselin, New Rochelle, 
]\Irs. James M. Waterbury, Westchester, 
Vice-C/iairmen, \ Mrs. Robert C. Black, Pelham Manor, 
Mrs. J. G. McLoughlin, Larchmont, 
I^Mrs. Watson B. Dickerman, Mamaroneck. 
Secretary, Mrs. Martin J. Keogh. 
Treasurer, Mrs. Robert T. Emmet. 
Chairman Executive Committee, Mrs. George A. Adee. 
The name Latid and Sea was adopted and it was voted that a member- 
ship fee of $1.00 should be charged, the resulting amount to be devoted to 
the purchase of materials. 

To facilitate the work, it was voted that the Auxiliary divide into 
Branches under the several vice-chairmen and that the meetings of the 
whole Auxiliary should be held the first Wednesday in every month and 
that each Branch should hold weekly meetings. 

The following committees were appointed : Executive, auditing, pur- 
chasing, work, food supply, literature, junior membership. 

During June a Junior Branch was formed which proved most success- 
ful. The membership fee for Junior Members was 25 cents. It was also 
voted to admit men as Associate Members with a membership fee of $r.oo. 
Five monthly meetings of the whole Auxiliary were held during the 
summer, with an average attendance of ninety members. 

Fifteen weekly meetings were held under the vice-chairmen of the five 
Branches, Westchester, Pelham Manor, New Rochelle, Larchmont, and 
ISIamaroneck. At these meetings work was prepared and given out and 
books, delicacies, and garments were packed. 

In September the Auxiliary took as its particular work, the supplying 
of clothing to destitute soldiers applying for same (with properly signed 
orders) at 552 Broadway. Nearly 800 men were given all or part of the 



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articles on our list, viz.: i suit underwear, i flannel shirt, 2 pairs socks, 
2 handkerchiefs, i nightshirt, i brush and comb, i towel, i toothbrush, 
I belt or suspenders, and tobacco. 

In some instances suits of outer clothing were given to men in New 
York regiments who, we found, could get employment if suitably dressed. 
The gratitude of the recipients and the grateful letters since received 
more than repaid those members of the Auxiliary who gave their time there 
during the three weeks that the work lasted. 
The books show the membership as follows : 
Regular Members. 

New Rochelle 226 

Westchester 90 

Pelham Manor 51 

Mamaroneck 129 

Larchmont 139 

Associate Members. >55 

New Rochelle i S 

Westchester 15 

Pelham Manor 3 

Larchmont 29 

Mamaroneck 6 

71 

Junior Members. 

New Rochelle 147 

Westchester 81 

Larchmont 54 



Pelham Manor 30 



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Total 1,018 

The reports of the Treasurer and of the Chairmen of the various Com- 
mittees follow : 

TREASURER'S REPORT. 

Receipts. 

New Rochelle, dues and donations $2,284 14 

Larchmont, " 2,037 63 

Westchester, " 865 28 

Pelhana Manor, " 541 02 

Mamaroneck, " 457 50 

Junior members, " 633 87 

Westchester garden party r,935 n 

Larchmont fete 1,654 49 

$10,409 04 



109 

Disbursements. 

Purchasing Committee (materials) $i,Sig lo 

" " (soldiers, 552 Broadway) 1,38310 

Supply Committee 1,890 31 

Expressage, etc 20S 72 

Relief Work 230 40 

Mr. Tappen for tents i ,000 00 

" sandwiches, Montauk 500 00 

Maintenance trained nurses 500 00 

Auxiliary 2 (soldiers' families) 500 00 

New Rochelle Hospital 325 00 

Miss Chauncey's Home 5° 00 

Irvington " 5000 

St. Joseph's " 5000 

St. Vincent's " 5000 

Tarrytown " 5000 

Seton " 5000 

Expenses garden party 438 35 

" Larchmont fete 600 24 

$9,695 22 

To balance $7i3 82 

Helena V. C. Emmet, 

Treasurer. 

REPORT OF THE PURCHASING COMMITTEE LAND AND SEA 
AUXILIARY No. 22, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 

3,556 yards muslin ^232 60 

4,642^ 
3,650 
1,900 
3,272| 
6,009! 
80 
2,054 



flannel 299 76 

crash 158 96 

cotton cloth ^2 20 

gingham ^59 60 

== ^ 94 45 

gauze ^^ ^ 

towelling 9 DO 

3^ and 72 rolls binding ^° ^3 

71 gross buttons 55 5 

Sundry materials, no items given, Larchmont branch o 24 

Sundry materials, no items given, Mamaroneck branch 7^ 37 

782 suits pajamas 4^^ 95 

iSSyl,: doz. suits underclothes 74° 05 

25 doz. shirts ^^6 86 

30 " suspenders 3 

30 ' ' hairbrushes . , 49 2 

10 " toothbrushes. 

40 " combs 

42 " belts 

5 " canes 

46 pairs shoes 

8 suits clothes 

103 doz. pairs socks ^^ c^ 

10 " slippers. - 

19 pairs trousers 

3 hats 

I sweater 



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Express, stationery, telephones, etc. 



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Mary Middletown Burrill, Chairman. 



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REPORT OF CHAIRMAN OF WORK COMMITTEE. 
Auxiliary 22 undertook in May to supply fifty Red Cross flags. In ad- 
dition we have made pajamas, towels, surgical nightshirts, cheese-cloth 
squares, flannel shirts, pillowcases, bandages, sheets, bands, etc., in the 
following quantities : 

June 2,909 

July 3,042 

August • • • 4,416 

September 3,777 

Total garments sent 14,1 44 

Anne Brevoort Eddy, 

Chairman Wo7'k Committee. 

REPORT OF CHAIRMAN OF FOOD SUPPLY COMMITTEE. 

Since the Committee was appointed July ist over 850 cans and pack- 
ages of food have been packed and sent from the different branches of 
the Auxiliary. The delicacies bought from Park & Tilford consisted of 
cases of soups, malted and condensed milk, dozens of canned vegetables, 
cases of whiskey, sherry, brandy, casks of ginger ale, boxes of cereals, 
crackers, rennet, gelatine, etc. 

Receipts. 

New Rochelle $783 3° 

Larchmont 1.064 25 

Mamaroneck 5° 00 

Pelham Manor 10 00 

Westchester 2 10 

$1,909 65 

Disbursements. 

July 13, Park & Tilford |599 9^ 

" 18, " 99 9S 

Aug. 12, " iSS 10 

" 22, " 1,00232 

■ $1,890 31 

Credit in treasury of Food Supply Committee $19 34 

N. I. Kane, Chairman. 

REPORT OF CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON READING 

MATTER. 

This Committee was appointed June 29th. Since that time the follow- 
ing number of books and magazines have been sent to Posts, Hospitals, 
and the Navy : 



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Pelham Manor 4»359 

Westchester IjSSs 

Mamaroneck 2,139 

New Rochelle 2,500 

Larchmont 2,000 

Total books and magazines sent 12,583 

Besides this the New Rochelle division sent 3000 envelopes, 7 quarts 
ink, 95 penholders, and 12 boxes of writing paper. 

Jane Erin Emmet, 

Chairman. 

REPORT OF CHAIRMAN OF JUNIOR MEMBERS' 
COMMITTEE. 

Since the Committee was appointed in June, 312 children have joined, 
bringing the greatest enthusiasm to the work. 

Pelham Manor 30 

Westchester 81 

New Rochelle i47 

Larchmont 54 

312 

A number of bandage rolling-machines were presented to the division 
and the children sent down over 1000 bandages and towels. 

The children collected money in various ways. One little girl dressed 
her doll as a Red Cross nurse, carried it about begging, and received 
$24.00. A very small boy did errands for two cents and turned in eighty- 
four cents proceeds. The children in August held a fair in New Rochelle 
from which they made $568. The total receipts of the Junior Branches 
were $715. Of this $633.87 was sent to the treasurer ; the remainder was 

used for materials, etc. 

Anne J. Bottom, 

CJiairman. 

The last meeting of Auxiliary 22 was held on October 4, when, believ- 
ing that the pressing need for our services no longer existed, we adjourned 

indefinitely. 

Katharine E, Keogh, 

Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No 23. 

New Brightoi, S. I. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. John L. Randle, President. 

Miss Grace M. Whittemore, Secretary. 

Miss Elizabeth Edwards, Treasurer. 

There are no Sub- Auxiliaries in connection with us. 

We have, at present, forty-one members. 

We have had donated to us, 12 jars wine jelly from Pursell, 12 cans 
soup from O'Neill, 6 cans of cocoa and 6 cans of soup from Williamson. 

We made during the summer 88 nightshirts. 

Nothing was sent to camps ; all nightshirts sent direct to Supply Com- 
mittee. 

We organized in June and devoted ourselves all summer to the night- 
shirts ; when we met in October, however, it was decided to devote our 
work to the care of sick soldiers in Staten Island hospitals, of which there 
are five : U. S. Marine Hospital, Fort Wadsworth Hospital, Battle Creek 
Sanitarium, S. R. Smith Infirmary, and Staten Island Hospital. At the 
Battle Creek Sanitarium, however, we were not allowed to help at all, not 
even to see the soldiers ; so amongst the other four we have distributed the 
soup, etc. before mentioned, $11.00 worth of tobacco, four boxes of writing- 
paper, 2 dozen sets of warm underclothing, and 4 dozen pairs stockings. 
Also, we have visited the hospitals every week. Now most of the soldiers 
are well and this month we have taken up the case of a poor Cuban soldier 
who is down here, helpless, without money and not even able to speak our 
language. He was captured by the Spaniards and forced to stand on the 
edge of the rifle-pits before Santiago holding the Spanish colors, where- 
upon the colors were shot away and his right hand with them, by our 
marksmen. By some mistake he was brought up here and has been in the 
Marine Hospital until now. We have taken it upon ourselves to take 
charge of him when he leaves the hospital, find him transportation to 
Cuba, with enough money to keep him until he finds his friends, which 

is what he most desires. 

Grace M. Whittemore, 

New Brighton, Nov. 3, 1898. Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No 24. 
Princeton, N. J. 
OFFICERS. 

Mrs. Junius P. Morgan, President. 

Mrs. Laurence Hutton, Secretary. 

Mrs. W. E. D. Scott, Treasurer. 

We established Branches at Rocky Hill, N. J., and Highstone, N. J., 
and Bread Loaf Inn, Vt. 

We sent contributions to 552 Broadway ; also to Camp Wikoff for Co, 
H, 8th U. S. Infantry, and to Capt. Perry, Co, H, 8th Infantry ; to Gov- 
ernor's Island to men of the 8th Infantry who were ill there, and to H. K. 
Devereux, Roosevelt Hospital, 

We sent 33 boxes in all, containing 400 sets pajamas, 500 handker- 
chiefs, 90 wash-cloths, 140 sheets, 140 pillowcases, 90 outing shirts, 10 
outing coats, 34 surgical sheets, 12 under-shirts, 8 under-drawers, 120 night- 
shirts, 50 socks, 150 compresses, 12 comfort-bags, 16 pocket pincushions, 
300 flannel bands, old linen, magazines, and newspapers. 

We also sent boxes containing jelly, preserves, coffee, tobacco, soap, 
soup, crackers, sherry, brandy, raspberry vinegar, alcohol, bay rum, fans, 
crutches, cocoa, bouillon, lime juice, crushed oats, malt, graino, rice ; 
medicines : quinine, gutta-percha tissue, absorbent cotton, cotton gauze, 
syringes, medicine glasses, pipes, flags, writing paper and envelopes, 10 
cases containing delicacies. 

Our headquarters are still open, and we hope to send some more 
pajamas as we have quite a little material on hand. 

Mrs. Scott will send the treasurer's report. The money we raised was 
devoted to cots, and to buying material. The rooms where we held our 
meetings all summer were given to us rent free. Our membership con- 
sisted of the whole town, more or less, all working industriously and 
enthusiastically. 

Committee : Mrs. J. S. Morgan, president ; Mrs. Laurence Hutton, sec- 
retary ; Mrs. W. E. D. Scott, treasurer. 

Eleanor V. Hutton, 

Oct. 30, 1898. Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 25. 
Hackensack, N. J. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. James Romeyn, President. 

Miss Jennie A. Sage, Secretary. 

Miss Fannie Conklin, Treasurer. 

The Hackensack Auxiliary No. 25 of the National Red Cross Society- 
was organized June 21, 1898, consisting of thirty-five (35) members. Our 
armory has been opened three mornings of each week from June 21st to 
September 2d, and since September 2d one morning a week up to present 
date. Here the ladies met to sew and give out work. The Auxiliary had 
the hearty cooperation of the entire community. 

We have raised through voluntary contributions $551.19, which has 
been used for buying materials and current expenses. We have con- 
tributed to the Red Cross work up to date 1618 articles, including 
pajamas, emergency garments, towels, bandages, pillows, sheets, handker- 
chiefs, pillow-cases, hot-water bags, beef extract. 

There is another box to be shipped this week, which will close our 
work. This will bring the number of garments made by our Auxiliary up 
to 1700, One box was sent during the summer to Camp Cuba Libre, 
Jacksonville, and another to Key West ; the other boxes have been sent 
to the Supply Rooms, 552 Broadway. 

Jennie A. Sage, 

Secretary. 

November 23, 1898. 



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AUXILIARY No. 26. 
Sewickley, Pa. 

OFFICERS. 

Mr. Robert A. Benton, President. 

Mrs. Edward P. Coffin, Secretary. 

Mr. E. p. Young, Treasurer. 

FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 
Receipts. 

From Concert $I22 oo 

" Lawn Fete 477 57 

" Membership 17800 

" Churches and Subscriptions 216 79 

$994 36 

Disbursements. 
Paid to American National Red Cross Relief Committee, New York, 

(July 22d, $100 ; August 31st, $475) 575 00 

" First Pennsylvania Red Cross Auxiliary, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 

22d 150 00 

*' for Material, Expressage, Postage, and Incidental Expenses 

during the Summer ^^4 77 

$889 77 

Balance on hand October 24th 104 59 

$994 36 
E. P. Young, Treasurer. 

Memorandum of boxes forwarded to Supply Depot from Sewickley 

Red Cross Auxiliary No. 26 : 

July 2, 1898, package, 196 bandages. 

July 16, 1898, box, 100 hospital shirts, 100 handkerchiefs, package of 
bandages. 

July 30, 1898, box, 50 pajamas, 50 handkerchiefs. 

August 13, 1898, box, 96 sheets. 

August 20, 1898, box, 22 shirts (outing flannel), 22 handkerchiefs, 100 
towels. 

August 27, 1898, box, 3 shirts (outing flannel), 20 pajamas, 23 handker- 
chiefs, also a package of bandages from Junior Auxiliary. 

September 12, 1898, box, 26 pajamas, 26 handkerchiefs. 

September 26, 1898, box, 44 pajamas, 44 handkerchiefs, 2 sheets, 6 pillow- 
cases. 

October 17, 1898, box, 18 sheets, 18 pajamas, 6 handkerchiefs, 18 soft 
towels, and from Junior Auxiliary 9 rolled bandages and i sling. 

Also in September, at a date not recorded, a box containing a number of 

books, old magazines, etc. . 

Robert A. Benton, Chatrman. 



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AUXILIARY No. 27. 

Jcnnerstown, Pa. 
Plans for Auxiliary No. 27 were projected by the late Miss Sylvia 
Catherine Coffin. Miss F. E. Coffin, her sister, owing to poor health dur- 
ing the summer, was unable to have these plans carried out. 

AUXILIARY No. 28. 
Fort Stanwix, Rome, New York. 

In the absence of the Secretary, I send a short summary of the sum- 
mer's work of Red Cross Auxiliary No. 28. 

The organization was formed May 27th. The following officers were 
elected : Mrs. Louise M. Duffy, President ; Miss Sara Abell Beers, Secre- 
tary ; Mrs. Edward W. Cummings, Treasurer. Mrs. Edward Huntington, 
who was President of the Woman's Work for Soldiers during the Civil War, 
although unable to attend our meetings, was greatly interested in our un- 
dertaking, and was made an Honorary President of the Red Cross Society. 

The following were constituted an Executive Committee : The officers, 
ex-officio ; Miss Mary L. Bissell, Mrs. Elizabeth R. H. Bright, Mrs. James 
Stevens, Mrs. William H. Tuller. 

We organized with 59 members, the membership fee being twenty-five 
cents for adults and ten cents for children. This membership was in- 
creased to 341 during the summer. The Society was named the Fort 
Stanwix Red Cross Auxiliary. July 9th, Mrs. James Stevens gave the 
Society a check for $100, which was immediately sent to Miss Draper to 
be applied to the Ice Fund. Tuesday afternoon and evening, July 19th, 
the D. A. R. and the Red Cross Auxiliary together gave a garden party 
which was a very pleasant affair, socially and financially, netting each 
organization $103.80. July 27th a check for $100 was sent to Miss 
Leverich for the Ice Fund. August ist, a N. Y. draft for $50 was sent 
to Miss Leverich for the Ice Fund. November 9th the Treasurer sent 
the balance of the money in the treasury, $9.60, to Frederick D. Tappen. 

To recapitulate : 

Number of members, 341. 

Money collected $259 63 

Sent to Ice Fund $250 00 

Balance sent to Mr. Tappen 9 ^o 

No Sub-Auxiliaries were formed in connection with No. 28. 

It has been a pleasure to us to administer to the wants of the sick and 
wounded soldiers, and although hoping the necessity for these ministra- 
tions may not occur, as it will always imply trouble and sorrow, yet should 
the occasion require, the American National Red Cross will find 
Auxiliary No. 28 ready and willing to do its part. 

Louise M. Duffy, President. 



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AUXILIARY No. 29. 
Fairfield, Conn. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. H. S. Glover, Chairman. 
Miss M. F. Sturges, Secretary. 
Miss M. B. Kippen, Treasurer. 

Articles sent by Auxiliary 29 to Soldiers' Home, Fairfield : 

I gallon alcohol, i dozen paper basins, i dozen pairs blankets, \\ 
dozen brushes, \\ dozen tooth brushes, 4 dozen cheese-cloth squares, \\ 
dozen combs, i dozen cups and saucers, i feeding cup, i dozen cus- 
pidors, 2 douche bags, 50 envelopes for photographs, 6 packages stamped 
envelopes, 18 fans, i large box graham wafers, 6 dozen handkerchiefs, 4 
hot-water bottles, 2 bottles ink, i bread knife, i dozen knives and forks, 
I dozen lanterns, 50 yards matting, 2 dozen medicine glasses, i quart mouth 
wash, 4 dozen napkins, 4 granite covered pails, 2| dozen pajamas, 5 quires 
paper and envelopes, i dozen penholders, i box pens, 6 dozen pillow- 
cases, I dozen packages playing cards, i gallon Port wine, 3 screen covers, 
I basket sewing material, i dozen pairs slippers, 5 dozen sheets, i dozen 
draw sheets, i dozen rubber sheets, i dozen blue army shirts, i dozen 
nightshirts, 2 dozen cakes soap, 5 dozen pairs socks, i dozen sponge- 
racks, 75 two-cent stamps, 4 table cloths, 2 dozen teaspoons, 3 thermom- 
eters, 7 dozen towels, 2 dozen tumblers, i dozen paper wash-tubs, 3 whisk 
brooms, i gallon whiskey, 12 urinals, 8 pairs homemade stockings. 

Articles sent by Children's Branch to Headquarters of the American 
National Red Cross Society : 

I dozen linen towels, 3 dozen cotton towels, 10 spools of thread, i\ 
dozen pincushions. 

Articles sent by Children's Branch direct to Montauk : 

1 large box of groceries to Troop H, 9th Cavalry ; i large box of 
groceries to 8th Infantry. 

Articles sent to Headquarters : 

120 bandages, 108 abdominal bands, 708 cheese-cloth squares, 146 
pajamas, 72 pillowcases, 396 and 4 boxes sanitary gauze squares, 204 
sheets, 468 draw sheets, 89 nightshirts, 64 surgical shirts, 84 outing shirts, 
58 pairs slippers, 36 bath towels, 84 cotton towels, 36 linen towels, 100 
pint-jars blackberry cordial, 48 pint-jars current jelly, 8 pint-jars raspberry 
jelly. 



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Articles sent to the Bridgeport Hospital for the soldiers being taken 
care of there : 

24 cheese-cloth squares, 12 packages cigarettes, 50 two-cent stamped 
envelopes, 25 fans, 25 handkerchiefs, 25 pads, 25 pencils, 12 screen covers, 
12 sheets, 12 draw sheets, 25 rubber sheets, 12 nightshirts, 6 pairs slippers, 
25 pairs stockings, 1 2 one-half pound packages tobacco, 1 2 towels, papers 
and books. 

Articles sent to Varuna Hall, Bridgeport, for the use of the soldiers 

there : 

2 air cushions, 4 gallons alcohol, 25 fans, 25 handkerchiefs, 18 pints 

jelly. 

Articles sent by Auxiliary 29 direct to Montauk : 

I large box groceries and $25-worth of fruit to Company D, 17th 
U. S. Infantry. 

I large box groceries and $25-worth of fruit to Company A, ist Bat., 
2d Engineers. 

I large box groceries to Troop C, 9th Cavalry. 

1 large box groceries to Troop A, ist Cavalry. 

Large box of books to Army and Navy Commission, Y, M. C. A. 

Large box of books to 3d Brigade, ist Division, 2d Corps, Camp 
Meade, Middletown, Pa. 

10 daily papers sent each day to Naval Base, Key West, Florida ; 
afterwards to Montauk Point. 

Full amount raised by Auxiliary 29 $600 00 

Sent to Mr. F. D. Tappen $115 °° 

Spent on materials 485 00 

$600 CO 

Received as a donation from a friend, $i5o-worth of materials to sew, not 
mentioned elsewhere. 

We have twenty-eight members of our Auxiliary 29 that have become 
members of the National Red Cross by sending in their names and taking 
the pin. 

We have sent altogether, — cases of delicacies. 

We have made 3103 garments. 

We helped the soldiers at the Bridgeport Hospital. 

We helped the soldiers at Varuna Hall, Bridgeport, 

And then we furnished the Fresh Air Home, Fairfield, and helped the 
Fresh Air Association take care of seventeen soldiers for five weeks. 

We have one Branch of this Auxiliary— the " Children's Branch." 

(Mrs.) H. S. Glover, Chairman. 



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AUXILIARY No. 30. 
Norwich, Kansas. 

OFFICERS. 
Mrs. Sarah A. King, President. 
Miss Nettie Witman, Secretary. 
Miss Anna Wilbour, Treasurer. 

Money collected since organization $ 64 67 

' ' spent since organization * 47 |2 

" on hand Jan. i, 1899 ^^ ^5 

(Also some material for work). ♦"4- 47 

Garments sent to Supply Depot : 12 nightgowns, 49 pillowcases, 60 
flannel bandages. 

On April 25th the balance of $20.00 was sent to the Treasurer, as the 

Auxiliary was discontinued. 

Nettie Witman, 

Secretary. 

AUXILIARY No. 31. 

New Brighton, Pa. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. Mary C. Kennedy, President. 
Mrs. Annie Johnson, Secretary. 
Mrs. Andy Bigham, Treasurer. 

Money collected in full ^^43 64 

" expended for supplies and expenses f 4^ 9° 

" forwarded to Frederick D. Tappen ^° ar 

" remaining on hand ^i 

$143 64 
L. A. Wade, 

Treasurer. 

Statement of work accomplished : 168 hospital shirts, 62 pajamas, 35 

day shirts. 

AUXILIARY No. 32. 
Grace Parish Laundry Auxiliary. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. Butler Duncan, President. 

Miss M. Lane, Secretary. 

Mrs. Deming, Treasurer. 

Auxiliary No. 32 begs leave to report that its contribution to the Red 

Cross has consisted in sending in $30 per month for four months— $120 ; 

$100 of which came from the earnings of the laundry, a business carried 

on for the purpose of giving work to poor women, and $20 from its 

treasurer. M. Lane, 

Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 33. 
Athens, Pa. 

Athens Auxiliary No. ZZ was organized June 14th with the following 

officers : 

Mrs. L. M. Park, President. 

Mrs. Delos McCurdy, Vice-President. 

Mrs. Stockbridge, Secretary, 

Mrs. W. H. H. Gore, Treasurer. 

Each lady present pledged herself to ask five others to become mem- 
bers of the society, each new member to ask five others, and as a result the 
total membership reached the number of 136. 

Each member was asked to pay a nominal fee of ten cents, though the 
amounts paid were generally much more. The town was divided into dis- 
tricts, and committees appointed in each to solicit canned fruits, jellies, 
etc. Weekly meetings were held, material bought and made up into 
nightshirts, pajamas, etc., and the Village Improvement Society gave an en- 
tertainment, donating all the money raised by it ($40.00) to the Red 
Cross. No Sub-Auxiliaries were organized, but the people of Sayre, and 
the country surrounding Athens, sent valuable contributions to the several 
boxes. Both supplies and money were sent to the respective headquarters 
in New York. 

Athens is a small manufacturing town, but much enthusiastic patriot- 
ism was shown, and the following summary will show exactly what was 
accomplished : 

Total membership, 136 ; money sent, $100.00 ; 14 cases jellies, soups, 
canned fruit, etc. ; 180 sheets, 262 pillowcases, 323 towels, 21 nightshirts, 
20 shirts, 2 blankets, 62 bandages, 240 handkerchiefs, 12 napkins, 3 un- 
dershirts, I tray cover, i box small bandages, i hot-water bag, 124 sets 
pajamas, 49 small pillowticks, 8 pairs hose, 19 wash-cloths. 

About eight dollars is still in the treasury. The society has decided 
not to disband. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Mary Barstow Stockbridge, 

Nov. 12, 1898. Secretary, 



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AUXILIARY No. 34. 
Canandaigita, N. V. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. C. C. Wilson, Pi-esidcnt. 

Mrs. J. Reynor, First Vice-President. 

Miss I. P. Granger, Second Vice-President. 

Miss K. A. Moran, Secretary. 

Miss M. J. Parnell, Treasurer. 

Since May 24th, when Auxiliary No. 34 was organized, five meetings of 

the officers, three general meetings, and five public sewing-bees have been 

held. 

On July 9th a supper was served by which was realized the sum of 
.$87. A musical and dramatic entertainment, September i6th, brought 
$81 to the treasury. 

The active interest has not been confined to the town, as some twelve 
or more ladies of the neighboring places cooperated with us most cordially. 
Thirteen barrels and boxes of clothing, provisions, etc., have been for- 
warded by us, and $325 in money. 

Two members of our Auxiliary — Dr. Hallenbeck and Dr. Behan — 
were appointed to care for the soldiers passing through Canandaigua. 

The Chairman of the Sewing Committee reports garments made : — 118 
pajamas, 77 abdominal bandages, 107 pillowcases, 19 sheets. 

There are about 430 members in our Auxiliary. None of the garments, 
etc., were sent to camps. 

Would also say that the officers of Auxiliary No. 34 will hold them- 
selves ready to answer any call from the National Red Cross Society. 

Katherine a. Moran, 
November 10, 1898. Secretary. 

AUXILIARY No. 35. 

Eau Claire, Wis. 
OFFICERS. 
Mrs. Francis P. Ide, President. 
Mrs. George T. Thompson, Vice-President. 
Mary Cousins, Secretary. 
May Stevens, Treasurer. 
Auxiliary No. 35 has forwarded about $145 to Frederick D. Tappen ; 
has confined its efforts to making hospital nightshirts and collecting old 
linen, etc. Have sent about 270 shirts to the Supply Depot. Have sent 
nothing direct to the camps, but have forwarded them to the Supply Depot. 
We have a membership of about 100, active and honorary, with a Sub- 
Auxiliary at Boyceville, Wis., with Dr. K. S. Kavanagh at its head. We 
have decided to disband now that the pressing need is over. 

Mary Cousins, 
November 16, 189S. Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 36. 
Mount Vernon, N. Y. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. William Wilson, Jr., President. 
Mrs. F. S. Craigie, Secretary. 
Mrs. a. G. Ham, Treasurer. 

Dear Madam : 

I send you herewith a report, in full, of work accomplished by us since 
our organization was formed on Friday, June 24, 1898. We number 
fifty-two (52) members, twelve (12) ofificers, and forty (40) annual 
members. 

On July 7th a very successful garden party was given at the home of 
Mrs. C. W. Williamson. One hundred and twenty dollars was sent to F. 
D. Tappen, Treasurer, as net proceeds ; later we sent thirty dollars to- 
Mr. Tappen, making a total of $150 contributed by our AuxiHary. Since 
the garden party all moneys have been raised by personal appeal, and 
through local press. Our Treasurer, Mrs. Ham, succeeded in procuring 
two columns on editorial page of two of our best local weekly papers, and 
valuable space in our daily paper. These Red Cross columns were 
edited by her during the summer, until the war ended. In this way every- 
thing of interest and value was kept constantly before the public eye, 
false statements corrected, and valuable educational work accomplished. 
When the war ended, and our volunteers returned home on furlough, our 
hospital — which is not a city hospital, but supported by the physicians and 
voluntary contributions — opened its doors to all soldiers who were ill. 
About twenty patients have thus been cared for, a large percentage being 
typhoids. 

The work of "relief" was divided among the three organizations 
(women's) in our city, namely, " Women's Patriotic Relief Association," 
" Women's National War Relief," and Red Cross No. 36. Our part was 
to supply the extra bedding, underwear, and clinical supplies needed. A 
special fund was raised to meet this emergency, in manner previously 
mentioned. 

Through an appeal of one of our members to Red Cross Supply Com- 



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mittee, a most generous and timely requisition was sent to our hospital^ 
which proved to be of great value. 

We have sent to Red Cross Supply Depot, New York City : 

23 wash-cloths, 116 suits of pajamas, 25 surgical nightshirts, i woven- 

wire cot and stretcher, 2 pairs jean drawers (men), 2 bosom shirts (with 

tie, studs and collars), i calico wrapper (women). 

We have sent to Red Cross nurses at Chickamauga, i dozen one- 
minute thermometers. 

Gave to sick soldier (in Mount Vernon) 2 suits of pajamas, and " fitted 
out " a convalescent soldier (who had been cared for and nursed back to 
life by one of our officers (of No. 36), and sent to his home in the far 
West) — fitted him out with two complete suits of warm underwear. 

To Mount Vernon Hospital we sent : 

18 new sheets, 20 new pillowslips, 26 new towels, 12 new wash-cloths, 
24 cakes of toilet soap, 8 new nightshirts, 4 pairs drawers (new), 9 
new undershirts, 6 pairs blankets (new), 3 pillows, a quantity of old 
muslin and linen, 2 new clinical thermometers, i new Hick's thermom- 
eter, 2 dozen oranges, i basket of apples, 3 cans of peaches, 3 cans of soup^ 
several glasses of jelly, and quantities of sugar, coffee, and tea, also books 
and other reading matter ; also 6 suits of flannel (complete), and 6 pairs 
of socks — all new. 

We have a balance of hospital fund on hand, and will purchase new 
rubber goods for the hospital to replace same, which were used up in the 
care of soldiers. 

A "Junior Auxiliary" of No. ^6 was organized on Friday, July 29th. 
It has twenty-four members, boys and girls. They have sent to Red 
Cross Supply Depot: 448 magazines, 22 towels, 31 wash-cloths, and 2 
handkerchiefs. The President and Secretary (two girls) of the Juniors, 
had a lawn party early in September, and raised about $25. They 
sent $t8 to F. D. Tappen ; $2 to No. 36 to purchase towels (20) for 
Mount Vernon Hospital, and gave $5 to the Junior Auxiliary. They dis- 
banded—for the present— last week, and have placed with our Treasurer 
$5.13, to be held by us for them until some urgent Red Cross appeal is 
made. 

In the early part of August the Cottrell children — Marie, Bertha, 
Grace and George — held a very successful lawn fete, assisted by Mrs. 
Ham, and sent to F. D. Tappen $40. 

While the total amount contributed in various ways seems small, yet the 
$208 sent to the New York Treasurer, and the garments made and sent to 
your Committee represent very much work and untiring effort of our Red 
Cross members. Our city has contributed through the churches, Woman's- 



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Club, and individuals — also Needlework Guild — very generously to the 
Red Cross work in Cuba. Had the amounts thus given been for one or- 
ganization (and we wish it might have been through No. 36), our work 
would not seem so meagre. Yet, we are glad to have done the little to 
assist you in the glorious work for humanity made possible by the 
American National Red Cross. 

Elizabeth Craigie, 

Secretary. 
Total cash contribution : 

No. 36 , $150 00 

Juniors 18 co 

" Cottrells " 40 CO 

S208 CO 



AUXILIARY No. 37. 
Elnihurst, N. V. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. a. C. Green, President. 
Miss Lizzie Gripp, Vice-President. 
Miss Sadie McCloskey, Secretary. 

Mrs. F. Walker, Treasurer. 

During the summer the ladies of Auxiliary No. 37 cut and made 24 
nightshirts, 12 suits of pajamas, 242 wash-cloths, 20 sanitary gauze squares, 
also sent 7 suits of underwear, 7 pairs socks and 2 pairs trousers. 

There were ten members in the Auxiliary, and no Sub-Auxiliaries in 
■connection with No. 37. 

All packages were sent direct to the Supply Depot. 

Sadie S. McCloskey, 

Nov. II, 1898. Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 38. 

Dublin, N. H. 

Auxiliary No. 38, was organized early in July, 1898. 

Officers appointed were : 

Mrs. Lewis B. Monroe, Chairman. 

Miss Vivia Monroe, Secretary. 
Miss Olga Frothingham, Treasurer. 

Our great aim was to interest as many in the work as possible. Notices 
were given in the churches every Sunday, asking all who were interested 
to help us. In this way we reached people who were simply visiting 
Dublin, and who would join us but once or twice. Under these con- 
ditions there could be no regular number of members. 

We met twice a week for sewing, and work was always on hand for dis- 
tribution if people wished to take it home. 

There were no Sub-Auxiliaries connected with No. 38. $354-00 were 
collected during the summer. Of this amount $100 were destined for Porto 
Rico, $50 for milk at Fortress Monroe, $193 were spent on materials and 
express. $11 still remain in the treasury. 

All contributions of money and garments were sent through Supply 
Depot in New York. We sent no delicacies. Our work was confined to 
making garments and towels for hospital use. 

List of articles sent : 1494 cheese-cloth wash-cloths, 2040 towels, 60 

nightshirts, 46 negligee shirts, 23 flannel bands, 22 sets of pajamas. 

Total number of articles sent, 3685. 

Vivia Monroe, 

Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 39. 
Larkinsville, Alabama. 

OFFICERS. 

Miss Anna L. Morris, President. 
Miss Annie Keeble. Secretary. 
Miss Leila Selby, Treasurer. 



No report received. 



AUXILIARY No. 40. 



OFFICERS. 

Mrs. Andrew Squire, President. 

Mrs. M. E. Rawson, Vice-President. 

Mrs. Kenyon Vickers Painter, Secretary. 

Mrs. Robert R. Rhodes, Treasurer. 

Auxiliary No. 40 of the American National Red Cross Relief Com- 
mittee was not an organization by itself. It existed as a part of the War 
Emergency Relief Board of Cleveland, Ohio, having for its officers those 
of the larger organization. 

Auxiliary No. 40 came into being July 15, 1898, to satisfy the many 
people in Cleveland and vicinity who wished to contribute money and 
supplies for the work that the Red Cross Society was doing among the 
soldiers of the Spanish- American War. It existed until November, 1898, 
when, its usefulness being over, it ceased to be. 

During those four months it sent to the National Red Cross Relief 
Committee : forty (40) boxes of supplies, $906.06 in money, and $100.00 
to the Outlook Company to help pay for the Red Cross yacht Moynier. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Mary A. Chisholm Painter, 

Mar. 13, 1899. Corresponding Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 41. 
New Canaan, Conn. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. Willard Parker, President. 
Miss Laura V. Shortridge, Secretary. 
Miss Katherine Lambert, Treasurer. 

A meeting of the Red Cross Auxiliary No. 41 was held at the house of 
Mrs. E. W. Lambert on Wednesday, October 12th, at which time a full re- 
port was given of funds collected, and articles made and forwarded to the 
Supply Committee in New York. 

A letter was read from Mrs. Paul Dana, Secretary of the Woman's 
Committee on Auxiliaries, requesting the Auxiliary to retain its organiza- 
tion during the winter. In compliance with this request the Auxiliary 
adjourned indefinitely, holding itself subject to the call of the Chairman. 

Should the occasion arise, the Auxiliary feels assured of the active 
•cooperation of the ladies of New Canaan, so generously given during the 
summer. Mrs. George F. Bertine has been appointed to receive all com- 
munications in regard to further work. 

secretary's report. 

A meeting was held on July 6, 1898, at Mrs. Lambert's, when a motion 
was made and seconded that an auxiliary or branch of the National Red 
Cross Society be formed to help the sick and wounded soldiers during the 
summer. 

It was then agreed that meetings should be held once a week, and Mrs. 
Lambert offered to have the meetings at her house. 

When authorization papers came, we were incorporated as " Auxiliary 
No. 41." Mrs. Willard Parker was elected Chairman ; Miss Katherine 
Lambert, Treasurer, and Miss Laura V. Shortridge, Secretary. 

There were three committees formed, each committee having a chair- 
man who then nominated her associates : Mrs. E. W. Lambert, Chairman 
of Cutting Committee ; Miss Lambert and Mrs. K. D. Cheney, Jr., Committee 



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on Packing ; Mr. L. P. Child was appointed Chairman of the Ways and 
Means Committee. 

It was agreed to ask all the people of New Canaan to contribute in 
some way to the work, which they did most willingly. The women gave 
most generously of their time and money. Mr. Rockwell cut all the men's 
shirts, and Mr. Kirk printed all the notices free of charge. By the active 
interest of these workers, the Society was able to depend upon receiving 
from the Auxiliary a regular donation of garments every two weeks. This 
interest was greatly augmented by the rectors of the various churches, 
who expressed their personal sympathy, and urged their parishioners to 
join in the work of the Society. 

As the weeks passed by, Miss Hoffman at the Headquarters in Broad- 
way, New York, reported much need of helpers, and two members volun- 
teered to go down and help on Tuesdays and Thursdays, until there was 
no further need of workers. There was also issued at this time a public 
appeal in the papers for air cushions, for those men who were ill and 
suffering in the hospitals, and a special fund started for this object, 
brought enough to forward one hundred dollars for procuring a small 
supply at once. 

The Soldier's Comfort Committee and the Red Cross started a " relief 
car " at the Grand Central Station on September 9th, and it was agreed 
among the members to see from time to time that the car was provisioned 
with food suitable for convalescent men. This car is now discontinued, 
but the same relief work is being carried on at the building corner of 45th 
Street and Madison Avenue, known as " The Railroad Men's Club." 

The total number of articles made and forwarded to the Supply Depot 
are as follows : 

August 4 — 22 dozen flannel bands, 100 men's gingham shirts. 

" 15 — 60 cheese-cloth cot-pads, 14 dozen towels, 7 dozen cheese- 
cloth handkerchiefs, 35 men's gingham shirts, 23 flannel bands, 
2 bundles of cheese-cloth. 

September 2 — 75 sheets, i6^ dozen pillowcases, 2^^ dozen cheese-cloth 
handkerchiefs, 4 dozen towels, i gingham shirt. 

" 8 — 22 sheets, 108 comfort bags, each containing tobacco, 

soap, pencil and pad, stamped envelopes, black and white cot- 
ton, needles, safety pins, scissors, tube of vaseline, buttons, 
court plaster, handkerchief. 

" 27 — 25 dozen towels, 3 dozen comfort bags (filled as above), 2 

dozen comfort bags to Mrs. Henry Glover, Convalescent Home, 
Fairfield, Conn., for soldiers. 



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RECAPITULATION. 

516 towels, 287 flannel bands, 136 men's gingham shirts, 60 cheese- 
cloth cot-pads, 114 cheese-cloth handkerchiefs, 192 pillowcases, 97 sheets, 
168 comfort bags, 2 bundles of cheese-cloth. 
8 men's flannel shirts to be sent. 
1580 articles in all, besides $100 for 84 air cushions. 

Laura V. Shortridge, 

Secretary. 

TREASURER'S REPORT. 
Receipts. 

From Dues $134 00 

' ' Donations 114 00 

'• Collection in Congregational Church 30 72 

" " " Episcopal Church 20 00 

" Special Donations for Air-Cushions 88 50 

" Lawn Party given by the Children of Mrs. Fancher's School. . 15 83 

$403 05 



Payments. 

For Dry Goods $151 58 

" Material for 168 Comfort Bags 102 85 

" Express charges 9 36 

' ' Sundries for Car at 42d Street 2 50 

' ' Check for Air Cushions 100 00 

" 25 Red Cross Books i 00 



$367 29 
By Balance on hand, October 12, 1898 35 77 



$403 06 



Mrs. Willard Parker, Chairman, 
Red Cross Auxiliary No. 41, 
New Canaan, Conn. 

Dear Madam : 

Thinking perhaps a statement of the work done in the " Red Cross Car," at the Grand 
Central Station, would interest yourself and the ladies and gentlemen of New Canaan, 
who so kindly furnished supplies and funds, for the benefit of the soldiers, I beg leave to 
present the following : 

During the thirty days of my management, I have furnished 1650 meals to soldiers, 
396 lodgings to soldiers, and 11 soldiers were sent to hospitals. 

Very respectfully yours, 

E. W. Belknap. 

New York, October 15, 1S98. 



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AUXILIARY No. 42. 
Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. V. 

OFFICERS : 

Mrs. Cornelius L. Wells, President, 

Mrs. Gustave A. Jahn, Secretary. 
Mrs. Edmund H. Driggs, Treasurer, 

Mrs. C. L. Wells, Chairman of Auxiliary No. 42, has requested me to 
send a report of our labors during the summer : 

Receipts. 

First check $i,349 50 

Second check 26 00 

Third check 75 00 

Total $1,450 50 

Also, four pairs sheets, two pounds tobacco, four pajamas, sent to 

Supply Depot, No. 552 Broadway ; expressage paid by us. 

The Auxiliary ceased to exist Oct. 17th, when it was voted to disband 

organization. 

A. Mathilde Jahn, 

Secretary. 
December 29, 1898. 



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AUXILIARY No. 43. 
Colorado Springs, Colorado. 

Mrs. E. S. Cohen, Secretary. 

Money received $2,354 80 

Disbursements. 

Material and clothing for soldiers 565 28 

Lunches for soldiers 202 1 5 

National Red Cross Society, New York 200 00 

Antiseptic packages for soldiers 42 55 

Badges, buttons, and pamphlets 32 00 

To Dr. Rose Kidd Beers, for Colorado soldiers 50 00 

Remittance for hospital work, Manila 450 00 

Thanksgiving money for Colorado soldiers in Manila 100 00 

Indentification badges for Colorado soldiers 8 35 

Bandages for soldiers 68 15 

Carried forward 1718 48 

Brought forward 1718 48 

Janitor's services 11 00 

Soldiers' families in Colorado Springs 19 00 

Express and freight on supplies shipped to soldiers 60 00 

Transportation for soldiers 9 50 

Remittance to Fort Logan for sick soldiers 75 00 

Printing 13 25 

Telegrams and postage 10 10 

Medicine and care of soldiers in Colorado Springs iio 10 

Medical attendance 81 00 

Money refunded President Aid Society, Leadville, (Woolhurst fete 

receipts) 84 50 

Record books and postage 7 84 

2,199 77 

Balance on hand $I55 03 

Mrs. E. S. Cohen, 
Secretary. 

AUXILIARY No. 44. 

OFFICERS : 

Mrs. John E. Leech, President. 

Miss M. E. Shaw, Secretary. 

Mrs. F. B. Pratt, Treasurer. 

Auxiliary No. 44, called the North Shore Auxiliary, was organized at 
the North Country Club, Glen Cove, L. I., on July nth, 1898. 

Weekly meetings occurred throughout the summer and the following 
articles were contributed to the central Supply Depot : i box surgical 
supplies, 229 suits of pajamas, 34 accident shirts, 746 cheese-cloth squares, 
12 nightshirts, 362 pairs socks, 84 flannel bands, 82 magazines, 360 sets 
of underwear, 100 pairs hospital slippers, 100 pairs sheets. 

Total amount of money collected during the season, $1032.93. 

No branch organization was formed. 

M. E. Shaw, 

Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 45- 
Glen Cove, Long Island. 

On Monday afternoon, July nth, at the home of Mrs. Wm. H. 
Zabriskie, under the guidance of Mrs. Paul Dana, Auxiliary No. 45 of 
Glen Cove was organized. 

The following officers were elected : 

Mrs. Wm. H. Zabriskie, Chairman. 

Mrs. Wm. H. Seaman, Secretary. 

(Who later resigned and was succeeded by Mrs. S. P. Coles.) 

Miss Sarah C. Craft, Treasurer. 

It seemed advisable to make this a working Auxiliary and it was agreed 
to raise the money required for purchasing material, etc., by the payment 
of an initiation fee and weekly dues, and also by soliciting subscriptions 
from business men and others in the village. The amount of money raised 
in this manner was $230.00. Through the kindness of one of these business 
men all the materials purchased were obtained at wholesale prices. Com- 
mittees were appointed to prepare and distribute the work. 

The meetings were held every Tuesday in the lodge rooms of the I. O. 
O. F., until the second week in September, after which time they were held 
at the home of the Chairman. 

The membership was 60 (sixty), about one-third of whom Avere con- 
tributors only. 

From July nth to Oct. 4th twelve meetings were held with an average 
attendance of twenty-five. 

The number of garments made during this time and sent weekly to the 
Supply Depot, 552 Broadway, are included in the following list : 117 emer- 
gency and nightshirts, 4 negligee shirts, 262 suits of pajamas, 186 abdom- 
inal bands, 181 wash-cloths, 72 pairs socks, 96 handkerchiefs, 114 towels 
96 sheets, 96 pillowslips. 

At the time the sick from Camp Black were transferred to Nassau 
Hospital, a quantity of delicacies, three barrels of potatoes, and a quantity 
of stationery and stamps were sent to the hospital ; all the other supplies 
were sent directly to the Supply Depot. 

After a recess of several weeks a general meeting was called November 
ist, and the members, after listening to a summary of the season's work, 
decided to adjourn indefinitely ; the balance in the treasury to be de- 
posited in the name of Auxiliary No. 45 in the Glen Cove Bank. 

Sallie P, Coles, 

Secretary. 



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AUXILLARY No. 46. 
Far Rockaway, L. I. 

OFFICERS : 

Mrs. Alexander Stevens, President. 

Baroness de Wardener, Secretary. 

Mrs. Frederic Almy, Treasurer. 

To the subscribers of the Far Rockaway Red Cross Auxiliary No. 46 : 
The following is a report of work done between August 2nd and Sep- 
tember 23d : 

Garments made, 3,343. 

Subscriptions received $1,007 38 

Expenses for above work 545 33 

Balance % 462 05 

To be divided between the Annex of Nassau Hospital at Hempstead, 
L. I. St. John's Hospital, Brooklyn, L. I. ; Red Cross Auxiliary for the 
Maintenance of Trained Nurses. 

Mrs. Alexander H. Stevens, 

President. 
Lawrence, L. I., October i, 1898. 



AUXILIARY No. 47. 
First Rhode Island Auxiliary. 

OFFICERS : 

Mrs. Charles Mason, President. 
Mrs. John R. Bartlett, ist Vice-President. 
Mrs. Charles E. Bailey, 2d Vice-Presdent. 
Miss N. W. Mason, Secretary and Treasurer. 

Since June i, 1898, our Auxiliary has sent to New York headquarters 
four boxes, one containing delicacies ; two others, such articles as sheets, 
pillowcases, nightshirts, handkerchiefs, and old linen ; and the fourth, 
four electric fans. One box containing delicacies and one dozen night- 
shirts was sent direct to the Spanish prisoners at Portsmouth. 

There are twelve members and no Sub-Auxiliaries in connection with 
No. 47. Owing to the members of the Auxiliary being separated during 
the summer, we have not done very much sewing ; there have been made, 
however, 165 flannel bandages, 20 nightshirts, 9 knitted bands, 20 sheets, 
and a number of pillowcases. 

There will be another small box sent this week to the Supply Depot. 

Nannie W. Mason, Secretary. 

Providence, R. I., November 15, 1898. 



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AUXILIARY No. 48. 

Nassau Auxiliary. 

OFFICERS : 

Mrs. Valentine Mott, Chairman. 

Miss Hilda Ward, Secretary. 
Mrs. Henry P. Tailer, Treasurer. 

This Auxiliary has made, in all, 792 garments, or 330 pajamas and 462 
shirts. Of these, 46 pajamas and 198 shirts were taken direct to Camp 
Black, the rest being forwarded to the New York headquarters. 

The following were also taken to Camp Black : 2\ dozen trousers, 3 
dozen knives and forks, 3 dozen teaspoons, half dozen corkscrews, i 
dozen pails, half-dozen dish-pans, 2 dozen comforters, i^ dozen lanterns, 
I dozen pillows, 2 dozen pillowcases, 9 sets of underclothing, i large roll 
old linen and flannel, various groceries and jellies, 4 large boxes melons, 
4 large boxes pears, 3 large boxes apples, 6 cases tomatoes, i basket 
watercress and mint, 50 sandwiches, 8 quarts of milk, 16 quarts of coffee. 

Auxiliary No. 48 had five Sub-Committees, at Westbury, Jericho, 
Manhasset, Hempstead, and East Williston, Long Island. 

We have kept no record of members, no dues having been collected. 

Hilda Ward, Secretary. 



AUXILIARY No. 49. 
Kinder/took, N. Y. 

OFFICERS : 

Mrs. r. V. S. Pruyn, President. 

Miss Mary. C. Miller, Secretary. 

Mrs. E. a. Bedell, Treasurer. 

The Kinderhook Auxiliary No. 49 sent to the Supply Depot, New York 
40 sheets, 24 nightshirts, 12 sets pajamas, $40 in money. 

The Auxiliary disbanded as soon as this work was accomplished. 

P. V. S. Pruvn, 

President. 



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AUXILIARY No. 50. 
The Tobacco Auxiliary. 

OFFICERS : 

Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Chairman and Acting Treasurer. 
Miss Elizabeth Davis, Secretary, 

October 24, 1898. 
Dear Madam : 

In the absence of the Secretary of Auxiliary No. 50, it falls to me to 
answer your inquiries concerning this Committee which was organized 
late in July to work at Newport, R. I. 

Its efforts to collect money to supply the soldiers with tobacco were 
hampered by the fact that collections for the same purpose had already 
been made at Newport by the Massachusetts and the Rhode Island Aid 
Associations. Therefore I have to report that the sum collected before 
the work was closed on October ist was only $170.71. 

Of this sum, $158.59 were expended during August for supplies which 
were delivered at the New York office. In addition to money donations, 
several contributions of tobacco were received. 

During September the remainder of the money~$i8.4i— was likewise 
expended and the supplies it purchased were also sent to the New York 
office. No funds now remain in hand, and none were sent to Mr. Tappen. 

It is the belief of the Committee that it should now disband. Its mem- 
bers feel that such time as they may be able to devote to the work of the 
Red Cross Association may be more usefully expended in aiding the work 
of other committees than in perpetuating this one. Therefore I beg that 
you will consider that Auxiliary No. 50 no longer exists. 

Very respectfully yours, 

M. G. Van Rensselear, 

Chairman. 



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AUXILIARY No. 51. 

Central Falls, R. I. 

Mrs. Arthur Rogers, President. 

Auxiliary No. 51 sent through the Red Cross, 170 cheese-cloth squares, 
some bandages and stockings. 

Cornelia Arnold Rogers. 



AUXILIARY No. 52. 
Providence, R. I. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. Mary Frost Evans, President, 

Mrs. B. F. Evans, Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer. 

Mrs. Mary A. Blending, Recording Secretary. 

LIST OF ARTICLES. 

Sent to New York and also to hospitals here : 6 suits pajamas, i box of 
soapine, i package of stationery, 6 pairs of socks, 2 sheets, 2 jars of jelly, 
pillowcases. 

Taken to St. Joseph's Hospital here : Large jars of jellies, soups, and 
preserves in number 11 or 12, also package of soap. 

Dresses and waists for distribution in Santiago, in number, 27 articles. 

Cash $10. 

Taken by members of this Auxiliary to indigent soldier : vests, coats, 
dressing-gown, and i pair of shoes. 

Mary Frost Evans, 

President. 



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AUXILIARY No. 53. 
Greensbiirg, Pa. 

OFFICERS. 

Miss Louise Brunot, President. 
Mrs. Thomas Lynch, ist Vice-President. 
Mrs. Belle Nicholls, 2d Vice-President. 

Mrs. J. W. Gilchrist, Secretary. 
Mrs. D. C. Ogden, Treasurer. 

Westmoreland Auxiliary No 53, has a membership of 120, has formed 
3 Sub-Auxiliaries : West Newton, Pa., 103 members ; New Alexandria, 
Pa., 46 members, and Jeannette, 44 members. Two cases of delicacies 
were sent by West Newton Sub-Auxiliary to No. 53. The following 
garments have been made and sent to New York by Auxiliary 53 and its 
Sub-Auxiliaries : 285 pillowcases, 182 sheets, 278 towels, 86 suits pajamas 
and I pajama coat, 125 nightshirts, 48 abdominal bands, 14 straight 
bands, 10 surgical shirts, 5 hospital shirts, 26 negligee shirts, 254 handker- 
chiefs, 174 pairs socks, 2 boxes of bandages, i piece cheese-cloth, i 
piece mosquito net, stationery, etc., 2 hospital tents, stationery and maga- 
zines. Sent direct to Camp Alger, 14 nightshirts, 37 towels, 24 abdominal 
bandages, and 15 sheets. To Manila, 30 sheets, 48 negligee shirts, 28 suits 
pajamas, 31 nightshirts, 15 suits underwear, 30 pillowcases, 90 towels, 112 
abdominal bands, 283 handkerchiefs, 96 pairs socks, 3 surgical shirts, 
I gross safety pins, i piece cheese-cloth, i piece mosquito net, 5 library 
envelopes, 13 wash-cloths, i package of books and a box of personal pack- 
ages from the friends of Co. I, 10th Regiment Pennsylvania Yolunteers. 
To Westmoreland Hospital for use of sick soldiers : 17 nightshirts, 8 
suits pajamas. To recruits of loth Regiment at Honolulu from Auxiliary 
53 : 19 suits pajamas, i dozen towels, i dozen sheets, i dozen pillow- 
cases. The following, from Jeannette Sub- Auxiliary to No. 53, were sent to 
Honolulu for recruits of the loth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers : 
14 towels, 13 suits pajamas, 9 negligee shirts, 10 suits underwear, 3 pairs 
gum boots, 18 pairs socks, 7 abdominal bands, 23 handkerchiefs, station- 
ery, etc., 6 cards safety-pins. To Westmoreland Hospital at Greensburg, 
Pa. : 10 sheets, 12 pillowcases, 6 nightshirts. To needy soldier : 2 suits 
underwear, 2 negligee shirts, i handkerchief, 2 pairs socks. 

Mrs. J. W. Gilchrist, 

Secretary. 
November 25, 1898. 



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AUXILIARY No. 54. 

Pottstown, Pa. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. E. S. COOK, President. 

Mrs. C. S. Wieand, Secretary. 

Mrs. Hoffer, Treasurer. 

We have no Sub-Auxiliary in connection with No. 54. Have 65 
members. 

Sent 2 boxes of delicacies. Garments made : 28 nightshirts, 10 
negligee shirts, 2 sets pajamas, 50 towels, 12 handkerchiefs, 24 wash- 
cloths, 4 pillowcases, 14 pairs men's hose. 

Sent about 100 " house-wives " direct to our soldiers in camp. 

Collected $72.47. 

Spent for Supplies, $6.93. 

Forwarded to Mr. Tappen, $64.70. 

Amount on hand, 64 cents. 

Mrs. Leonore M. Wieand. 

Secretary. 
November 2, 1898. 



AUXILIARY No. 55. 
Emporia, Kajis. 

OFFICERS. 

Miss Sabra E. Whitley, Chairman. 

Miss Bertha E. Newman, Secretary. 

Miss Alma Busser, Treasurer. 

Total Receipts $i 25 oo 

Cost of box sent August loth $34 45 

Check sent August 31st 35 00 

Draft sent December 17th 50 00 

Spent for Emporia sick soldiers 2 65 

Amount on hand 2 90 

Auxiliary 55 was organized in July, 1898. 

The box sent August loth contained : Cotton nightshirts, 38 ; cotton 
pillowcases, 50 ; linen pillowcases, 35 ; towels, 24 ; old linen, socks, etc. 

Sabra E. Whitley, 
January 5, 1899. Chairman. 



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AUXILIARY No. 56. 

The Scott-Schley Auxiliary. 
Frederick, Md. 

Pursuant to a call by the Mayor of Frederick, a meeting was held by the 
ladies of Frederick, July 13, 1898, to organize an Auxiliary branch of the 
American National Red Cross. Mrs. Donald McLean, Chairman of Aux- 
iliary No. 7, New York City, was elected temporary chairman, and gave 
a concise account of the origin and history of the Society of the Red 
Cross, its recognition by our own Government, its aim and object. After 
which, on motion, it was resolved to organize an auxiliary branch in Fred- 
erick, to be called the Scott-Schley Auxiliary to the Am. National Red 
Cross Relief Com. The organization was effected by Mrs. Carroll Mercer 
being elected Chairman, Mrs. Henry Williams, Secretary, Mrs. A. L. 
Eader, Assistant-Secretary, Mr. Henry Williams, Treasurer, Mrs. Margaret 
Hood and Mrs. F. F. Smith, Sub-Collectors. The Society adjourned to 
meet on Wednesday, July 20th, when the first Red Cross Auxiliary south 
of Mason and Dixon's line was inaugurated. 

JULY 20TH. 

Meeting opened by Mrs. Carroll Mercer in the chair. The application 
papers received, filled out, and approved by the National Board. A letter 
was read by Mrs. Donald McLean, received from Cleveland H. Dodge, 
Riverdale-on-Hudson, New York, containing useful information in regard 
to needed supplies for the Red Cross ; also a paraphrase quotation from 
Whittier's " Barbara Frietchie," as follows : 

" Up from the meadows rich with hay, 
There came one sweltering summer day, 
A letter fraught with nary a frown 
From famous green- walled Fredericktown." 

A Children's Auxiliary was organized in connection with Auxiliary 56. 
Mrs. J. D. Hendrickson appointed chairman ; they organized with 27 
members, all fees paid. This feature of the Auxiliary promised well. 

Stephen E. Barton, Chairman of the Executive Committee, sent a 
badge designed by the National Red Cross bearing the official insignia of 
the Red Cross, for the inspection of our Auxiliary. A motion was 
made and carried, that members of the Auxiliary who so desired, 
purchase a badge. Twenty-eight gave their names, to entitle them to 
receive and wear the insignia of the Red Cross. In the closing exercises 
of this meeting a most beautiful and impressive episode marked the occa- 
sion, inspiring each member with devout and patriotic feeling. This con- 
sisted in the presentation of a beautiful National flag and a handsome 



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Red Cross flag. The waving emblem of power blending with the banner 
of mercy and good-will to man, were saluted by the members with pride 
and reverence. Then followed a petition to the Throne of Grace, written 
by the Right Reverend Bishop Paret, of the diocese of Maryland, as 
follows : 

O Almighty God, without Whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy, 
look down in mercy, we beseech Thee, upon our nation in this time 
of war. Pardon our offences and guard us from all pride, hardness of 
heart, and from every evil way. Keep, oh God, under Thy protection those 
who are in peril by sea or land. Remember the prisoners, relieve the sick 
and wounded, comfort and support the dying. Give strength to those 
who minister in hospital and camp, and hope to those who throughout the 
land are in anxiety or sorrow. Help us, we pray Thee, to establish liberty 
and justice, and hasten the day when all nations shall dwell together 
in peace, to the glory of Thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

With reverent attitudes the members stood, feeling the impressiveness 
of the beautiful and appropriate invocation to God, offered by our Secre- 
tary, Mrs. Henry Williams. 

A motion was made and carried, that this prayer be said by our Sec- 
retary at every meeting. 

Assembly Rooms, W. C. T. U. 

August i6, 189S. 
On motion, expressions of sympathy and condolence were offered and 
indulged in by the Auxiliary on the death of Mr. Thomas Wolfe, late 
soldier in the United States Army. 

The meeting adjourned, to meet as a body, to attend the funeral of 
Mr. Thomas Wolfe at 3.30 p.m. 

Statement of the work done by Auxiliary No. 56. 

Members 39 

Members of Children's Auxiliary 27 

66 

2 large cases of delicacies sent to the National Red Cross Supply 
Depot, New York : 

49 pajamas, 107 antiseptic wash-cloths. 

23 sheets, 108 towels, 13 dozen handkerchiefs. 

16 yards muslin for bandages. 

92 pillowcases, sponges, safety-pin holders, soap, magazines, needle 
books, button bags, comfort bags. 

Henrietta Maria Williams, 

November 18, 1898. Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 57. 
Lenox, Mass. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. John E. Alexandre, Chairman. 

Miss Mary Parsons, Secretary. 
Mrs. Joseph W. Burden, Treasurer. 

REPORT FOR JULY AND AUGUST. 

Received from 56 members $168 00 

" donations 13300 

Total $301 00 

Expended for materials, etc $235 78 

" " express, printing, postage, etc 2024 

Total $256 02 

Balance unappropriated $44 9^ 

Contents of boxes : 156 flannel bands, 48 nightshirts, 60 surgical 
shirts, 810 wash-cloths, 350 towels, 120 pairs of stockings, 48 suits of 
pajamas, 800 hospital handkerchiefs, 18 blankets, 400 fans, 288 pipes, 25^ 
pounds of tobacco, large box of books ; box of books and papers donated 
by Louis Regnier. 

Thanks are due to the ladies of New Lenox for their work and 

interest. 

Helen L. Alexandre, 

Chairina7i. 



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AUXILIARY No. 58. 
Caldwell, N. 7. 

Auxiliary No. 58 has disbanded, as it was only formed for the summer 
months. We had 78 active members, and 86 honorary. President, Mrs. 
Henry Wing ; Secretary, Miss Julia Van Emburg ; Corresponding Sec- 
retary, Mrs. E. E. Bond ; Treasurer, Mrs. E. D. Hicks. 

Two checks, one of $55, another $7.25, were sent ; also, i bo.x of to- 
bacco, I box leaf- tobacco, 178 towels, 13 cheese-cloth squares, 95 sheets, 38 
pillowcases, 37 nightshirts, 26 pajamas, 48 flannel abdominal bandages, 
155 surgical bandages, 120 shirts, 240 pairs of socks, 3 dozen games, 240 
handkerchiefs, 12 yards ticking, 10 bedspreads, 200 clay pipes. There 
were no Sub-Auxiliaries. 

Marion C. Bond, 

Corresponding Secretary. 

November, i8q8. 



AUXILIARY No. 59. 
Upper Red Hook, N. Y. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. Theo. Cookingham, President. 

Mrs. D. W. Wilbur, First Vice-President. 

Miss Frances Grouse, Second Vice-President. 

Mrs. E. C. Perrine, Secretary. 

Mrs. J. W. Elseffer, Treasurer. 

Three hundred and fifty-five articles have been made by Red Cross 
Auxiliary No. 59 : 90 nightshirts, 81 pairs of pajamas, 63 handkerchiefs, 
28 pairs of slippers, 11 sheets, i jacket; $77.31 were collected; $53.77 
were expended ; $23.54 in the treasury at present. 

L. B. Perrine, 

Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 60. 
Saugerties, N. Y. 

Mrs. G. F, Shrady, Chair/nan. 
Mrs. G. E. French, Secretary. 
Miss J. K. Myers, Treasurer. 

No Sub-Auxiliaries. Members 75. 

Garments — Pajamas, 34 ; nightshirts, 30 ; underwear, 50 ; outing 
shirts, 40 ; stockings, 60 ; nurses' dress-skirts, 15 ; nurses* caps, 15 ; 
aprons, 50. 

Bedding — Sheets, 62 ; pillow-slips, 119. 

Towels — Glass towels, 50, Turkish towels, 6. 

Handkerchiefs — Bandannas, 2)^ ; linen, 24. 

Brassards, 50 ; tobacco-pouches, 88 ; tobacco, 105 lbs. ; pipes, 3 gross. 

Stationery — Stamped envelopes, 100 ; postal-cards, 100 ; writing-pads, 
50 ; envelopes, 500 ; lead-pencils, 200. 

Toilet Articles — Toothbrushes, t,6 ; nailbrushes, 36 ; combs, 36 ; 
Florida water, 36 bottles ; toilet soap, 36 cakes. 

Medicine — Sun Cholera Mixture, 50 bottles. 

Liquors — Brandy, 18 bottles ; whiskey, 36 bottles ; port, 12 bottles. 

Water — Poland, 12 Carboys. 

Delicacies — Cases, 5 : sandwiches, 2000 ; gallons milk, 420. 

In addition to the above contributions, $400 was expended by the 
Secretary in personal work during August and September at Camp 
Wikoff, Montauk Point, L. I., for milk, eggs, butter, fruit, delicacies, and 
other necessaries to benefit the sick and convalescent. 

Auxiliary No. 60 sent all its contributions, excepting two cases, 
directly to camps, viz., Governor's Island, Santiago de Cuba, and Mon- 
tauk Point. The Secretary, Mrs. G. E. French, personally attended to 
the distribution in the home camps. 

Mrs. G. E, French, 

Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 6i. 
Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania. 

OEFICERS: 

Miss Bessie H. Thomas, President. 

Miss Rebecca McFettridge, ist Vice President. 

Mrs. Samuel R. Thomas, Secretary. 

Miss Florence Bass, Treasurer. 

The report for Auxiliary No. 6i is : 

Amount of money received ^ 207 00 

Amount of money paid out for supplies, etc 258 43 

Balance on hand, Feb. i, 1899 % 9 37 

Florence M. Bass, 
February 21, 1899. Treasurer. 



AUXILIARY No. 62. 
Bridgeport, Comiecticut. 

OFFICERS: 

Mrs. Charles B. Read, President. 

Mrs. Warren R. Briggs, Secretary. 

Mrs. N. W. Bishop, Treasurer, 

There were no Sub-Auxiliaries in connection with Auxiliary No. 62. 
There were about 144 members. 

Two cases of delicacies : one sent directly to Fortress Monroe, and 
one direct to Montauk. 

There were 893 garments made. 

The Auxiliary made or purchased the following articles : — 142 pajamas, 
175 hospital shirts, 48 nightshirts, 162 draw sheets, 61 abdominal bands, 
20 pillowcases, 8 sheets, 127 towels, 192 wash-cloths, 133 comfort bags, 123 
underdrawers, 126 undershirts, 123 pairs socks, 90 handkerchiefs, 50 
jars beef extract, 6 hospital screens, 4 pieces mosquito netting, 5 gross 
safety-pins, books and magazines, 8 quarts of alcohol. 

Some of these articles were given to the sixty or more sick soldiers 
who were sent to Bridgeport to be cared for. 

E. H. B. Briggs, 

October 25, 1898. Secretary. 

N. B.— The Auxiliary forwarded to Mr. Tappen $68.25. 



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AUXILIARY No. 63. 
Suffolk County, N. Y. 

OFFICERS : 

Miss Bessie Clark, President. 

Mrs. Julia L. Conklin, Secretary. 

Miss I-illie Cook, Treasurer. 

List of articles sent by Auxiliary No. ()t, to Red Cross Headquarters : 

August 4th. — 12 pillows, 28 surgical gowns, 20 pajamas, 6 flannel 
bandages, i shirt. 

August 28th. — II pillows, 15 cotton bandages, 7 surgical gowns, 14 
pajama suits, 6 nightshirts. 

October 20th. — 24 pajama suits, 12 nightshirts, 4 abdominal belts, large 
package reading matter. 

Full amount of money collected $ 104 51 

Amount spent for supplies $ 6 74 

Amount forwarded to Fred. D. Tappen 56 00 

Amount on hand, October 15th 41 77 

J. L. Conklin, 

Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 64. 
Staatsburgh, Dutchess Co., N. V. 

OFFICERS: 

Miss Madeleine Dinsmore, President. 

Miss Gertrude L. Hoyt, Secretary. 

Miss Katherine E. Cummings, Treasurer. 

Auxiliary No 64 has no Sub-Auxiliaries. About fifty or sixty people at 
the outside, assisted with money, donations, or in doing the sewing. We 
began work August 4th, and continued until October 29th, and sent, in all, 
to the Supply Depot, 5 boxes, containing 70 suits of pajamas (25 gingham, 
rest outing flannel), 6 extra jackets, 45 surgical nightshirts, 11 dozen and 
II towels, (iTy flannel bands, 5 dozen cotton socks, 6 dozen and 9 cheese- 
cloth handkerchiefs, 2 pairs canvas slippers, i pair knit socks, 12 jars of 
sweetmeats, 2 bottles of lime-juice, 39 palm-leaf fans, magazines, Harper's 
weekly (for a year), $28.00 in cash. $70 was used to buy materials, etc. 
$98 was collected altogether. The materials were bought here, at cost 
price. While the money was contributed by a few people of means, the 
work was nearly all done by the village women. As they do all their own 
work, and few have sewing machines, they have really given all their spare 
time. In the spring they had worked for the Cuban Relief Association, 
and had to take time for their own affairs, before beginning again for the 
Red Cross, which is the reason they did not organize earlier in the 
summer. 

Gertrude L. Hoyt, 

October 29th. Secretary. 

N.B. — A cheque for $18 was forwarded to Mr. Tappen, 



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AUXILIARY No. 65. 
Sprijigfield Ccjitrc, Otsego Co., N. V. 

OFFICERS : 

Mrs. H. L. Wardwell, President. 

Mrs. Leslie Pell-Clarke, Secretary. 

Miss Jean Forbes, Treasurer, 

Members, 29. 

Cases of pipes and tobacco sent, 5. 

Cases of food supplies sent, 3. 

Auxiliary No. 65 was organized on July 21, 1898, so late after the 
breaking out of the war that only very little could be really accomplished 
However, from that time until October ist, when the Auxiliary disbanded, 
it sent 152 lbs. tobacco and 153 pipes as a luxury to the convalescing 
men, and 3 doz. cans of soup, i doz. cans braised beef, i doz. boxes 
whole wheat biscuit, i doz. cans of alkethrepta, 8 quarts raspberry vinegar, 
I box biscuits, 3 quarts preserved fruits, 4 quarts raspberry jam, i pint 
■canned strawberries, 4 glasses of currant jelly, and 6 glasses of crab-apple 
jelly. 

Everything was sent to the Supply Depot for shipment. 

The Auxiliary held, in all, four regular meetings, in the Village Hall at 
Cooperstown, New York, and, while they are now disbanded, still, they 
hold themselves ready to answer a call from the President, Mrs. Henry 
Lansing Wardwell, should there be any further necessity for work in the 
future. 

$2.22 was sent to Mr. Tappen. 

Henrietta Pell-Clarke, 

Oct. 24, 1898. Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 66. 

Plymouth Church Auxiliary. 
Worcester, Mass. 

OFFICERS. 

Arthur Reed Taft, President. 

Theodore H. Nye, Vice-President. 

Miss Eliza L. Walker, Secretary. 

Robert E. Bigelow, Treasurer. 

Auxiliary No. 66 of this city has collected since its organization about 
$250, all of which has been sent direct to New York. There were no 
delicacies sent, no garments made, and nothing sent direct to camp, as 
this part of the work was not taken up. 

About the Sub-Auxiliaries, No. 66 has started an Auxiliary purporting 
to represent the entire city of Worcester, and itself intends to merge 
into that Auxiliary soon, as it seemed best to have one such Auxiliary rep- 
resenting all the churches rather than an Auxiliary representing each, 
church of the city. 

Eliza L. Walker, 

Secretary. 

November 7, 1898. 



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AUXILIARY No. ^7. 
Oyster Bay, L. I. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. Thomas S. Young, Jr., President. 

Mrs. J. H. Sears, Secretary. 

Mrs. E. M. Townsend, Treasurer. 

Auxiliary No. 67 of the Red Cross Relief Committee was organized in 
Oyster Bay on July 25th for the purpose of making garments for the 
soldiers. The Auxiliary disbanded on October 15th. 

During its existence 205 persons enrolled themselves as members of 
the Auxiliary, and 4285 garments were made and sent to the Red Cross 
Headquarters. The work was given out each week, the President of the 
Auxiliary making weekly inquiries at the Supply Depot in New York as 
to what garments were especially needed, and these were cut, distributed 
and sent off as fast as possible. 

The members of the Auxiliary defrayed the expenses of a supper 
which was given to the Rough Riders in Long Island City when the regi- 
ment was mustered out, and also sent $50 directly to the immediate 
Relief Fund. The surplus which remained in the treasury when the 
Auxiliary disbanded was sent through Mr. Tappen to General Wood at 
Santiago. 

There were no Sub-Auxiliaries in connection with No. 67. No boxes 
of delicacies were sent by the Auxiliary to the soldiers, and all the gar- 
ments which were made by the Auxiliary were sent directly to the Red 
Cross Headquarters in New York. 

Mrs. Thomas S. Young, Jr., 

President. 



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AUXILIARY No. 68. 
Cranford, N. J. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. F. R. Bourne, President. 

Miss Alice Lakey, Secretary. 

Miss Carrie L. Purcell, Treasurer. 

Auxiliary No. 68 of Cranford, New Jersey, was organized early last 
August. Our first contribution of $50 was raised by subscription. On 
the 17th of August was held a Red Cross Lawn Fete which netted four 
hundred dollars (!|!4oo), and with an addition of fifty-five dollars ($55) 
more gained through subscriptions, enabled us to remit to you on August 
26th four hundred and fifty-five dollars ($455)- The gentlemen of the 
town came to our aid and gave, on October 12th, a minstrel entertainment 
which was very successful, and added to our contributions to the Red 
Cross Fund three hundred and twenty-nine dollars ($329). This closed 
our work, and the Auxiliary has disbanded. 

Alice Lakev, 

Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 69. 

Loyal Friends A uxiliary. 
New York City. 

Working Membership, 26. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. T. S. P. Miller President. 

Mrs. V. H. Morton, M.D., Vice-President, 

Mrs. V. E. Matthews, Secretary. 

Mrs. Mary Gibson, Treasurer. 

Cases containing delicacies 3 

Pajamas made 21 

Emergency shirts made 9 

Nightshirts made 7 

Pillowcases " ^5 

Amount sent Treasurer, Mr. F. D. Tappen, $28.25. 

Besides the above delicacies and garments, cases contained toilet 
articles, recreation comforts and miscellaneous garments. 

The Auxiliary is composed of busy working women. During August, 
September, and October, Visiting Committees appointed by the President, 
visited sick soldiers in hospitals in New York, Brooklyn, islands adjacent 
to New York City, and at Camp Wikoff. Through these Committees 
members who were unable to visit, distributed delicacies, underwear, toilet 
articles, flowers, fruit, reading matter, writing materials, and recreation 
comforts independent of contributions sent to Supply Depot. 

All members were required by President to visit hospitals at least once 
a week during August and September. No member ever went empty- 
handed, but whatever she carried was either purchased by her or solicited 
from friends independent of all other contributions. Many wrote down 
individual requests, and after Camp Wikoff was abandoned and soldiers 
returned to respective posts, articles desired were sent to them by Visiting 
Committees. 

Members of the Auxiliary voted, on October 15th, to continue the 
work during the winter. They have held weekly meetings at the residence 
of the President. During the winter the meetings will be held fortnightly 
on Wednesdays. 

Mrs. T. S. P. Miller, President. 

Mrs. Victoria Earle Matthews, Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 70. 

The Emergency Club. 

London, Ohio. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. George Lincoln, President. 
Mrs. Charles Butler, Secretary. 
Miss Bertha Coover, Treasurer. 

As Secretary of Red Cross Auxiliary No. 70 I have pleasure in report- 
ing that we have sent you, at different times during the past summer, sixty 
dollars ($60.00) as per Treasurer's account. 

Also sent one box of supplies, consisting of 36 nightshirts, i^^ sheets, 
72 pillowcases, 15 towels, 6 pajamas, 36 pairs of socks. 

This box was shipped to your Supply Depot in New York City. No 
boxes were sent to the camps. 

Auxiliary No. 70 has thirty members ; has no Sub-Auxiliaries con- 
nected with it ; was organized in February, 1898, for charitable work 
in our own community, or wherever needed ; and at the beginning of the 
war with Spain voted to apply our work and supplies to the Red Cross 
during the continuance of the war. 

Auxiliary No. 70 has not disbanded as yet, and may continue to work 
with you ; will notify you later on as to this. 

Jennie T. Butler, 

January 7, 1899. Secretary. 

TREASURER'S STATEMENT. 

As Treasurer of Red Cross Auxiliary No. 70, I take pleasure in making 

the following statement : 

Receipts. 

August 2d , $ 5 00 

" 15th 500 

" 26th 1000 

" 30th 3772 

November 1 5th 5 00 

$62 72 

Disbursements. 

August 20th $10 04 

" 30th 1504 

September 2d 15 04 

24th 504 

November 15th 10 04 

January 4th 5 04 

$60 24 

Balance on hand 2 48 

Bertha Coover, 
January 7, 1899. Treasurer. 



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AUXILIARY No. 71. 

Shortsvillc, N. Y. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs, O. S. Titus, President. 

Miss Jane Munger, Vice-President. 

Mrs. Edward D. Martin, Secretary. 

Mrs. H. H. Huntington, Treasurer. 

Auxiliary No. 71, Shortsville, N. Y., has a membership of 30. They 
have made 18 suits of pajamas, 5 nightshirts, and 3 pairs of bed slippers. 

Three boxes have been sent to the Supply Depot which contained vari- 
ous articles for hospital use — canned goods, tobacco, old linen and cotton, 
reading matter, towels, handkerchiefs, and six cases of jellies and 
preserves, etc. 

There are no Sub-Auxiliaries connected with No. 71. 

We have adjourned for the present, but stand ready to help with o-ur 
mite should the necessity arise. 



Mary Glass Martin, 

Secretary. 



November 14, i< 



AUXILIARY No. ^2. 
Richmond Hill, L. I. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. Walter P. Young, President. 
Mrs. Charles Prothero, Vice-President. 

Mrs. Arthur Hinds, Vice-President. 

Mrs. Francis M. Edgerton, Secretary. 

Mrs. G. E. Bissell, Treasurer. 

Auxiliary No. 72 was organized July 25, 1898, and has at present 
-ninety-four (94) members, fifty-four (54) regular, and forty (40) associate 
members. 

We have no Sub- Auxiliaries. 

We have collected in all $294.13, partially by fees and dues, and 
partially by means of an entertainment which netted us over $100. The 
Treasurer's report to your treasurer gives the detailed report of moneys 
received and expended. 



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We have held fourteen meetings and have accomplished the following 
work : 

Sent to the Red Cross Headtiuarters, $50. 

39 fever-shirts, 7 nightshirts, 28 pajamas, 365 cotton towels, 34 linen 
towels, 29 handkerchiefs, 241 surgical squares, 75 slings, 3 barrels and 
3 boxes literature. 

Sent to Jamaica Hospital direct, $80. 

9 suits pajamas, 65 surgical squares, i towel, 5 gallons whiskey. 

Sent to sick soldier in Richmond Hill : 

2 suits pajamas, i bottle whiskey, ice-cream twice a day for a week. 

Sent to Nurses' Fund — Miss Draper, $25. 

Sent to St. John's Hospital, Brooklyn : 

Ice-cream, 5 gallons. 

Compared with the sea of relief that has been poured out, our report 
seems but the " cup of cold water," but it has been given gladly, and 
has helped to lift our own lives out of the realm of selfishness into that of 
Christlikeness. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Sara Townsend Edgerton, 

Secretary. 
November 12, 1898. 

TREASURER'S REPORT. 
Receipts. 

Initiation Fees for Active Members $ 56 00 

" " " Associate M embers 3 5 00 

Dues from Active Members 38 75 

Donations 33 06 

Receipts from Entertainment 124 50 

Dues paid later, etc 6 82 

Total $294 13:, 

Disbursements. 

To Miss Draper, for Fund for Maintenance of Nurses $ 25 00 

' ' Red Cross Society 5000 

" Relief Society of Jamaica Hospital So 00 

For Supplies, etc., including those sent to young soldier in town. ... 92 85 

Incidental Expenses 14 21 

Total I262 06. 

Balance $32 07 

The above report is inclusive from July, 1898, to February, 1899, 

Mrs. George E. Bissell, 

Treasurer. 



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AUXILIARY No. 73. 
South Orange, N. J. 

OFFICERS: 

Mrs. Frank Arnold, President. 

Miss Adele Wetmore, Vice-President. 

Miss Mary E. Baldwin, Secretary. 

Mrs. Richard J. Cross, Treasurer. 



This x^uxiliary was organized July 25th. It consisted of seventeen 
members, including the above-named officers. During its short existence 
subscriptions amounting to $420.89 were obtained, and twenty-five (25) 
boxes shipped from its rooms. 

At its final meeting, held September 27th, the Treasurer reported a 
balance of $26.83 still on hand, and it was decided that with permission 
from the National Relief Committee, this amount should be applied to 
the purchase of necessities for the soldiers ill at the time in Memorial 
Hospital, Orange. 

All goods were shipped to the Supply Depot at 552 Broadway, except 
two crates of vegetables and one barrel of apples ; these were sent to Camp 
Wikoff. 631 garments made, 1824 towels, 948 wash-rags, 360 pairs socks^ 
138 pillowcases, 36 sheets, 19 cases of delicacies. 

No Sub-Auxiliaries were organized to work under No. 73. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Mary E. Baldwin, 

Secretary. 



AUXILIARY No. 74. 
Telegraph and Signal Corps Auxiliary. 



Miss Mary A. Tomlinson, President. 
Miss Alice Dean, Secretary. 



No report received. 



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AUXILIARY No. 75. 

Piatt eville, Wis. 

OFFICERS : 

Mrs. E. G. Buck, President. 
Mrs. John Woodward, Secretary. 

There is no Sub-Auxiliary in connection with No. 75 ; we stand alone 
around here. We have somewhere near twenty-five members ; we never 
enrolled all the workers. 

We have not sent any delicacies ourselves, but sent $20.00 in cash to 
F. D. Tappen, with which to purchase delicacies. 

We have made and sent to the Supply Depot, 26 pajamas, 40 sheets, 
24 towels, 88 napkins, 25 pillowcases, 19 nightshirts, 24 suits of under- 
wear, 8 handkerchiefs, 6 silk seersucker suits, some old linen, and a 
number of old sheets. 

None of these things were sent directly to Camp, all to the Supply Depot. 

Late in July I wrote to Stephen E. Barton, asking him if there was any- 
thing we, in this little city, might do to assist in the wonderful work of the 
Red Cross. I had been so very much interested in all the reports I 
could read about its work that I wanted a hand in helping in it. He 
wrote me he had sent my letter to John P. Faure, and that I would hear 
from Mr. Faure later. In the meantime, Mr. Barton had sent me some 
Red Cross literature which I loaned to some of my friends. I heard in 
a few days from Mr. Faure, and from this Auxiliary No. 75 was organized. 
We, two or three of my friends to whom I had shown my letters, and my- 
self, formed the nucleus of the organization ; with the aid of two mem- 
bers from each church in the city we canvassed the city for aid. The 
result of this canvass was $108.50 in cash and $80.00 worth of supplies. 
We sent, in August, two barrels of supplies valued at $80.00 ; in Septem- 
ber a box of supplies containing 26 pajamas and other articles valued at 
$40.00 ; in October, $20.00 in cash, to purchase delicacies. 

We have material bought for 50 more pajamas we are trying to com- 
plete. We meet to sew at the home of our Chairman, Mrs. Buck. Many 
of the ladies of the different churches meet with us to sew. We have had, 
I think, seven sewing meetings. 

We have $46.00 in the bank to our credit. This is our summer's work 
under this organization. We are all glad of the opportunity it gives us of 
doing good under the banner of the " Red Cross." 

Yours in the good cause, 

Mrs. Lydia A. Woodward. 

October 26, 1898. Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. -je. 

Walden, N. Y. 
Members, jy. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. Phcebe Saxe, President. 

Mrs. E. S. Sayer, Secretary. 

Mrs. N. J. Fowler, Treasurer. 

33 sheets, 159 pillowcases, 32 nightshirts, 9 pairs pajamas, 7 pairs 
socks, 2 white shirts, 6 towels, 4 boxes prepared food, i box toilet soap, 
old linen and muslin. These were all sent to the Supply Depot, nothing 
having been sent to camp. We also sent to Frederick D. Tappen, Treas- 
urer, $186.82. 

Mary E. Sayer, 

Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 77. 
Wheeling, West Va. 

The first West Virginia Red Cross Auxiliary No. 77 was organized at 
Wheeling, W. Va., July 12th, 1898, under the rules controlling the Asso- 
ciation of the American National Red Cross, with no Auxiliary connected. 
The following officers were elected : President, Mrs. W. F. Butler ; Vice- 
Presidents, Mesdames C. J. Rawling, J. Wagner, M. E. Dalzell, M. 
Sonneborn, J. D. McFadden, W. B. Lewis, Catharine Meyer, W. P. Hub- 
bard, and Miss Jennie Bailey ; Treasurer, Mrs. Jennie P. Sisson ; Record- 
ing Secretary, Mrs. John B. Garden ; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. 
Julius Pollock. 

The active members enrolled numbered 220, honorary, 57. 

Dues from both |i I2 oo 

Receipts from donations 474 0° 

' $586 08 

Disbursements 9 93 



Balance in treasury. 



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All goods sent were consigned to the Supply Depot, 552-554 Broad- 
way, New York City, and consisted of seven cases, containing number of 
articles recorded : 

August 2d, (3 small cases), 119 ; August 6th, 432 ; August 20th, 469 ; 
September 3d, 611 ; September loth, 66. Total, 1697. 

Total articles : 150 sheets, 163 nightshirts, 160 pillow-slips, 87 pajama 
suits, 2 pajama jackets, 88 flannel bands, 222 handkerchiefs, 164 negligee 
shirts, 149 towels, 96 socks, 2 wash-cloths, 2 boxes Sunlight soap, 12 cans 
soup, '200 fans, 24 Testaments, 6 boxes writing paper, i case disinfectant, 
126 cakes soap, 13 glasses jelly, 30 bottles cordial ; total, 1697. 

Number of garments made, 650. 

Cases of delicacies : Cordial, i ; jelly, i ; soup, i. Total, 3. 
Respectfully submitted, 

Mrs. Julius Pollock. 

November 4, 1898. 



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AUXILIARY No. 78. 
Toledo, Ohio. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. S. S. Knabenshue, President. 

Mrs. W. V. McMaken, First Vice-President. 

Mrs. J. D. Howe, Second Vice-President. 

Mrs. J. A. Fisk, Third Vice-President . 

Mrs. W. H. Porter, Secretary. 

Mrs. J. D. Smead, Treasurer. 

TREASURER'S REPORT. 

Receipts. 
Total amount received to October 15th $ 470 87 

Expenditures. 

Express $24 75 

Merchandise 95 47 

Ambulance, hacks, etc 43 25 

Hotels 20 25 

Arnold Bros. Restaurant 84 55 

Rubber Goods 41 85 

Sponges 3 60 

Railroad and boat tickets 14 15 

Cash given to sick soldiers r 50 

Memorial Hall 2 00 

Light Guard expenses 2 00 

Milk at depot S 05 

$341 42 

Balance on hand 129 45 

October 15, 1898. 

October 28, 1898. 
Dear Madam : 

Inclosed find three lists of supplies sent in as many boxes since last 
report. 

The first expressed to the Second Division Hospital at Knoxville, 
Tenn., was packed by the Ninth Ward and Washington Street Congrega- 



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tional Church ladies, whose band is Sub-Auxiliary to our branch, and 
contained : 

3 pillows, 6 bars of soap, i box H. O., i box tapioca, i box Wheatlet, 
2 glasses jelly, 4 cans soup, i box cigars, 6 pairs socks, i pair slippers, 45 
wash-cloths, 3 dozen copies Young Peoples' Weekly, i dozen handkerchiefs,, 
8 abdominal bands, i roll linen, 5 shirts, i blanket, i dozen pillowcases, 
10 sheets, 3 bolts netting, 2 suits underwear, 3 dozen pads, 5 rolls 
bandages, 5 nightshirts. 

During October, Red Cross Auxiliary No. 78 has forwarded to your 
Supply Depot two boxes, which held : 

First— 26 suits pajamas, 4 pillows, i bed-pad, 5 bundles old muslin, 20 
sheets, 27 pillowcases, 8 nightshirts, i dayshirt, 4 pairs underdrawers, i 
undershirt, 28 pairs socks, 2 pairs slippers, 3 dozen wash-cloths, i dozen 
bath towels, i dozen plain towels. 

Second— 5 pairs slippers, 6 muslin sheets, i rubber sheet, 3 dozen 
pillowcases, i dozen bath towels, 12 pairs socks, 18 wash-cloths, 4 pairs 
underdrawers, 2 undershirts, netting, 2 dayshirts, 5 bundles old muslin. 

Still another box, sent yesterday to Knoxville, was filled with grape 
cordial, made by the ladies themselves. 

The depot and hospital work (local) is daily continued. 

Very truly yours, 

Ilva N. Porter, 

Secretary 



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AUXILIARY No. 79. 
Lovington, Illinois. 

OFFICERS. 

S. S. BoGGS, President. 

Dr. H. D. Smith, Vice-President. 

Mrs. Robert Selby, Vice-President. 

Miss Della Timmons, Vice-President. 

Miss Daisy Shoots, Vice-President. 

Mrs. Nora L. Stanley, Secretary. 

George Hewitt, Treasurer. 

There are no Sub-Auxiliaries in connection with Auxiliary No. 79. 

Auxiliary No. 79 has 76 members (about 20 working ones). 

One case of delicacies, handkerchiefs, and bath towels was sent direct 
to Camp for use of Company B Hospital, Fourth Illinois Regulars, by our 
Auxiliary. 

Our Auxilary was organized July 30th, and at the end of two months 
(September 30th) the Treasurer's report was as follows : 

Funds Collected. 

' ' Leedy Lecture " $ 9 30 

" Chicken Fry " 19 00 

Contributed 18 66 

Red Cross edition Reporter 23 62 

$70 58 

Expended. 

Relief work, August $30 50 

" " September 15 00 

Postage 28 

Other expenses 2 20 

$47 98 

On hand $22 60 

Mrs. Nora L. Stanley, 

Secretary. 
October 24, 1898. 



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AUXILIARY No. 80. 
New Brunswick, N. J. 

TREASURER'S REPORT. 

The following is a summary of the Treasurer's Report of Red Cross 

Auxiliary No. 80, since organization, July 30th, 1898, for three months 

ending October 31st, 1898 : 

Receipts ^352 25 

Expenditures for supplies, etc $216 62 

Forwarded to Frederick D. Tappen 100 00 

Balance on hand 35 03 

$352 25 

Mary B. Suydam, 

Treasurer. 

The Red Cross Auxiliary No. 80 of the American National Red Cross 
Relief Committee was formed in New Brunswick, N. J., July 30th, 1898. 

The officers are, Mrs. Nicholas G. Rutgers, President ; Miss Frances N. 
Stevens, Mrs. D. Lowber Smith, Mrs. E. W. Robbins, Vice-Presidents 
Mrs. V. M. W. Suydam, Treasurer ; Mrs. David Murray, Secretary. 

Although the Auxiliary was late in being formed, the members have 
been enthusiastic and active, holding for the greater part of the time two 
meetings a week. There are between 160 and 170 members enrolled. 

Large donations of material from the merchants and people of the 
town have been received, which have been made up into pajamas, bedding, 
etc. Of these the Auxiliary has supplied 1139 articles. Foods and 
delicacies amounting to 331 cans and packages have been contributed ; 
also 162 pipes, 112 toothbrushes and combs, about 50 pounds of tobacco, 
besides tea, stationery, medicines, Bibles, Testaments, magazines, and 
other reading matter. 

Mr. Carl J. Shilling, Steward in United States Field Hospital, Depart- 
ment of the Gulf, Land's End, St. Helena Island, South Carolina, a 
citizen of New Brunswick, made application to the Auxiliary for medical 
supplies, which were greatly needed in his hospital. In response nearly 
forty dollars' worth of medicine was sent, also later two boxes of clothing, 
etc. his personal friends contributing money and articles for his benefit. 
Pajamas and delicacies were also furnished to Camp Voorhees, Sea 
Girt N. J., on application. The other supplies were sent to the American 
National Red Cross Supply Committee, New York City. 

This is the work of three months of No. 80. The Auxiliary has not 
disbanded. It is a permanent society, but will not send further contribu- 
tions unless receiving notice from Headquarters that they are needed. 
Respectfully submitted, 

Martha Neilson Murray, 
October 31, 1898. Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 8i. 

Colored Woman's Auxiliary. 
Kansas City, Kansas. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. Katie Minor, President. 
Mrs. Dycie Scott, Secretary. 
Mrs. J. J. Lewis, Treasurer. 

Dear Madam : 

In reply to your request I respectfully submit the following report for 
Auxiliary No. 8i : 

Sub-Auxiliaries, not any. Number of members, 14. 
Garments made, 15 nightshirts, 18 sheets, 16 pillowcases ; total num- 
ber of pieces, 49. No delicacies were sent. 

The above supplies have been sent to Santiago de Cuba. 
Yours, in the interest of humanity, 

Mrs. Dvcie Scott, 

Secretary. 
November 6, 1898. 



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AUXILIARY No. 82. 

• North Bcrzvick, Maine. 

On August II, 1898, the American National Red Cross Relief Com- 
mittee authorized me to organize a club, under the name of the " Sons 
and Daughters of the Red Cross." The club comprises eleven girls 
under the age of fifteen, and two boys. 

The President of the Society is Chester A. Hayes, Jr. Miss Alice 
Husey was chosen Treasurer, and Roscoe C. Hatch became Secretary of 
said club. 

The older girls volunteered to accomplish the work for the younger 
ones. 

Each member of the society has paid a membership fee of twenty-five 
cents, which has been put to use in purchasing material. 

Meetings have been held weekly. There have been no Sub-Auxiliaries. 

Articles were sent direct to American National Red Cross Depot, and 
in all amount to 107 cheese-cloth squares, 3 Testaments, and 201 pin- 
cushions. There is in the treasury $2 (two dollars). The names of the 
members of " The Sons and Daughters of the Red Cross " are : 

Agnes Ethel Hatch Alice Husey 

Sally Macdonald Lottie Harvey 

Margaret Mary Gray Dorothy Clark 

Lillian Davis Marjorie Clark 

Dorothea Davis Bertha Gray Hatch 

Lucy Hayes Mary Brownlow Hatch 

Lizzie Harvey Chester A. Hayes, Jr. 
RoscoE C. Hatch. 

The " Sons and Daughters of the Red Cross " have been most happy in 
their efforts, and hope they may always be called upon to assist in any 
work the American National Red Cross Relief Committee undertakes. 

Mary Brownlow Hatch. 

Mr. John P. Faure, 

Sec. American National Red Cross Relief Committee^ 
Dear Sir : 

Your letter of the fifteenth instant received, and we are most happy to say that although 
we can donate but little, that we will send whatever amount of articles we are able to 
contribute and not disband our Auxiliary, if such be acceptable to the American National 
Red Cross Relief Committee. We would be happy to donate more, but there is very 
little in the treasury and many of the members have resigned. 

We will continue to send in our work unless otherwise advised. 

Very sincerely, 

Roscoe C. Hatch, 
December i6, 1898. Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 83. 
Orange, N. J. 

OFFICERS. 

Miss Rosamond Howard, President. 

Miss Kittie Knipps, ist Vice-President. 

Miss Helen Hoyt, 2d Vice-President. 

Miss Bessie Howard, Secretary. 

Miss Louise Rodman, Treasurer. 

Amount on hand October 15th, $1. No. B>t, is a Children's AuxiUary, 
and consequently the amount accomplished has been small. About two 
dollars was spent on the comfort bags, most of the supplies being donated. 

Respectfully yours, 

Bessie Howard, 

Secretary. 



AUXILIARY No. 84. 
Hammond, Indiana. 

OFFICERS. 

Dr. Mary E. Jackson, President. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Barker, Vice-President. 

Mrs. Jennie Knapp, Secretary. 

Miss Helen Johnson, Treasurer. 

Dear Madam : 

Our report for Auxiliary No. 84, of Hammond, is as follows : 
We have no Sub-Auxiliaries. There are about fifty members. Cases 
of delicacies, none. Garments made, none. 

We have cared for and fed 102 soldiers. We have assisted, by giving 
aid in the burial of 4 soldiers. $23 charity Avork. 

The Treasurer will forward you a draft for $15.25, being the money 
collected and earned for the Red Cross Society. 

Yours fraternally. 

Dr. Mary E, Jackson, 

President. 
November i, 1898. 



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AUXILIARY No. 85. 
Holdrege, Neb. 

OFFICERS : 

Mrs. Reeves, President. 

Mrs. F. H. Porter, Secretary. 

Mrs. D. T. Cornell, Treasurer. 

There are no Sub- Auxiliaries in connection with No. 85. Our 
membership is twenty. 

We have sent no delicacies nor garments. Our donations have been 
in cash only, which has amounted to $157.50. 

We have held five meetings of the Society, and our Constitution calls 
for regular meetings since the ist of October, only every three months. 
Other meetings at call of President. 

LuELLA C. Porter, 

Secretary. 

November i, 1898. 



AUXILIARY No. 86. 

Girls Tozvel A uxiliary. 
New York City. 

OFFICERS: 

Miss Alice O. Draper, President. 

Miss Janet Dana, Secretary. 

Miss Ruth Draper, Treasurer, 

Auxiliary No. 86 was organized on August 20th, for the purpose of 
making towels. It has nineteen members. Up to the present date it has 
sent in to the Supply Depot, 27^ dozen towels. 

Janet Dana, 

Secretary. 
November 14, 1898. 



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AUXILIARY No. 87. 
Brattleboro, Vermont. 

Owing to trouble with the Red Cross Agent, this Auxiliary, No. 87, 
was not organized until August 2 2d, and several of the women who 
joined were already committed to work for a Soldiers' Aid Society. There 
were forty members ; no Sub-Auxiliaries. $30 was sent to Fred. D. 
Tappen for furnishings for 3 cots ; 29 pajamas made and sent to Supply 

Depot. 

Mary R. Cabot. 
October 31, 1898. 



AUXILIARY No. 88. 
Evanston, III. 

OFFICERS : 

Mrs. N. Gill-Kirk, President. 

Miss Mary E. Harris, Vice-President. 

Mrs. Frank Wilson, Secretary. 

Mrs. S. E. Hurlbut, Treasurer. 

REPORT OF THE WORK COMMITTEE. 

Since the organization of the Evanston Auxiliary, the following number 
of garments have been made and distributed, and delicacies furnished : 
to the Post Hospital at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, for the sick soldiers of the 
Fourth Infantry (regulars), and the volunteers of the First Illinois Cavalry : 
33 suits flannelette pajamas, 22 flannelette nightshirts, 24 muslin night- 
shirts, 4 dozen towels, 21 dozen butter-cloth handkerchiefs, 4 granite bed- 
pans, 41 glasses jelly, 3 boxes oranges, 4 gallons oysters, i bushel tomatoes, 
6 bottles grape juice, 12 gallons beef broth, 2 quarts chicken broth. 

For soldiers in Evanston Hospital :— i dozen nightshirts, 2 dozen 
butter-cloth handkerchiefs, 3 pairs slippers, 6 pairs socks, 6 suits pajamas. 

For convalescent soldiers in Evanston (sent from Fort Sheridan 
Hospital) for whom homes were provided :— 6 suits pajamas, 6 muslin 
nightshirts, 6 pairs socks. 

For soldiers living in Evanston : — 4 suits pajamas, 3 nightshirts. 

For sick and homeless soldiers in Army and Navy Barracks in 
Chicago :—6t, muslin nightshirts, 3 flannelette nightshirts, 84 suits 

flannelette pajamas. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Anna S. Howell, 

Chairman Work Committee. 



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REPORT OF TREASURER. 

The Evanston Auxiliary No. 88 of the American National Red Cross 
Relief Committee was organized August 8, 1898, with President, Vice- 
President, Secretary, Treasurer, and representatives from each of the lead- 
ing churches to collect funds for the Auxiliary. Membership fees of fifty 
cents for adults and ten cents for children were collected, with such volun- 
tary subscriptions as might be made. 

From August 8th to November ist, the Auxiliary had a membership of 
275 adults and 266 children, a total of 541. 



Receipts. 



Cash collected. 



$ 405 93 



Expenditures. 



Frederick D. Tappen, Red Cross Treasurer, N. Y $ 225 

Marshall Field & Co., material for nightshirts, etc 64 

Printing stationery for Auxiliary 8 

Printing pamphlet, Life of Clara Barton 7 

Express on boxes and packages to Fort Sheridan i 

Paper and twine 

Revenue stamp 

3 bed-pans and express to Fort Sheridan 4 

3 boxes oranges to Fort Sheridan 8 

4 gallon oysters to Fort Sheridan 3 

Burial expenses of soldier, $20 ($io of which was refunded) lo oo 

Dr. S. C. Stanton, Acting Asst. Surgeon, U. S. A., for sick soldiers. . . 62 40 



Balance . 



OFFICERS AND CHURCH REPRESENTATIVES. 

Mrs. N. Gill-Kirk, President. 

Miss Mary Harris, Vice-President. 

Mrs. Frank Wilson, Secretary. 

Mrs. S. E. Hurlbut, Treasurer. 



- 395 44 
$ 10 49 



First Presbyterian Church 

Second Presbyterian Church 

First Methodist Church 

Emmanuel Methodist Church 

Hemenway Methodist Church 

First Baptist Church 

First Congregational Church 

St. Mark's Church 

St. Luke's Church 

Central St. Methodist Church, N. Evanston 

St. Mary's Church .... 



Miss Kate Quinlan. 

Mrs. W. H. Spencer. 

Mrs. Weir and Mrs. Stewart. 

Mrs. D. S. McMullen. 

Mrs. Milhening. 

Mrs. C. F. Grey. 

Mrs. N. W. Brooks. 

Mrs. Lutkin. 

Mrs. Knox. 

Miss Lydia E. Snyder. 

Not represented. 



Evanston, III. 



Respectfully submitted, 

Mary J. Hurlbut, 
November i, 1898. Treasurer. 



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AUXILIARY No. 89. 
Montclair, N. J. 

OFFICERS. 

Mrs. Ben'JAMIX Strong, President. 

Mrs. S. F. Ward, Vice-President. 

Mrs. John Porter, Secretary. 

Miss J. S. Strong, Treasurer. 

Organized July 29, 1898, at t^^ Plymouth Street. Members, 45. No 
Sub-Auxiliaries. 

TREASURER'S REPORT. 

Receipts. 

For General Fund $41 5 7^ 

For Care of Soldiers in Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, N. J. . 204 56 

Total Cash Receipts $620 34 

Expenditures. 

Forwarded to F. D. Tappen $225 00 

For Care of Soldiers in Mountainside Hospital, Montclair 204 56 

For Materials, Expressage, etc 182 21 

On Hand 8 57 

$620 34 

Jeannie S. Strong, 

Treasurer. 

REPORT OF WORK. 

Sent to Red Cross Supply Committee, N. Y. : Pajamas, 37S ; negligee 
shirts, 10; abdominal bands, 71; wrappers, 17; handkerchiefs, 405. 
Total to Supply Committee, 881. 

Sent to Mountainside Hospital for Soldiers there : Pajamas, 94 ; 
negligee shirts, 14 ; abdominal bands, 3 ; wrappers, 4 ; handkerchiefs, 50. 
Total to Hospital, 165. Grand total, 1046. 

Delicacies, etc., to Supply Committeee : 6 quarts blackberry cordial, 2 
boxes fruit jelUes, 100 pipes, 100 pouches tobacco, 7 barrels, 2 cases novels 
and magazines. 



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Delicacies, etc., to Mountainside Hospital, Montclair : i6 glasses jellies,. 
3 quarts fruit syrups for drinks. 

Auxiliary 89 has assisted the Hospital here in its heavy burden of 
caring for (32) thirty-two soldiers, gratis — supplying them with pajamas, 
flannel undershirts, negligee shirts, wrappers, and abdominal bands, beside 
the $204.56 in cash to help defray expenses of their stay in Hospital. 

Four of the Regulars were sent here by the War Relief Association. 
The Co. K. men were all from this neighborhood ; also Lieutenant Heyer 
and Lieutenant Anderson ; all the rest came through the Red Cross Relief 
Committee, 

As fast as the men were fit to leave the Hospital they were placed 
in the homes of our patriotic citizens by the ofificers of Auxiliary 89. 
Though many were rough, common soldiers, they were taken into the 
homes and to the tables of some of our best people, — were treated with the 
greatest kindness and consideration, given the best of food and care until 
able to return to their own homes. In some instances they were supplied 
with new underclothes and flannel shirts by their hosts. Almost without 
exception we found the soldiers grateful and well behaved. There are 
still six soldiers in Hospital recovering from typhoid. 

Mrs. John Porter, 

Secretary. 



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AUXILIARY No. 90. 

Lyons, N. Y. 

OFFICERS. 

Miss Eudora A. Lewis, President. 

Mrs. L. K. Stark, Secretary. 

Miss Jennie T. Brownson, Treasurer. 

On July 20th the ladies of Lyons held a meeting and voted to become 
an Auxiliary of the National Red Cross Society. We were placed as 
No. 90. Our efforts as a society were devoted to raising funds. 

One of our druggists, Mr. George Getman, proffered us one day's use 
of his soda fountain. 

July 28th was the Red Cross day, and we realized $12.60 from the sale. 

July 30th our Auxiliary held an ice-cream fete which netted $66.46, 
which amount was forwarded to Charles A. Schieren, Treasurer National 
Red Cross Society. (We had not at that time been notified of the 
acceptance of our organization as an Auxiliary.) 

Received from Mr. Hardt $10.00 that had been collected for 
Cuban Relief. 

The South Lyons Missionary Society voted to send $6.00 through 
Auxiliary No. 90 for the sick and wounded sailors and soldiers, and $42.18 
were raised by private subscriptions ; these, with our membership fees of 
$30.50, make a total of $167.74. From this amount 35 cents were 
refunded to Ice-Cream Committee, and 50 cents for record book and 
postage. 

There are no Sub-Auxiliaries in connection with No. 90. We have 
122 members. No garments were made. Auxiliary No. 90 voted to 
disband on November i, 1898. 

Annie Putnam Stark. 

Secretary. 

November 2, 1898. 



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AUXILIARY No. 91. 
Dohbs Ferry, N. V. 

OFFICERS : 

Mrs. Walston H. Brown, President. 

Miss Maud R. Ingersoll, Secretary. 

Miss Gordon Waller, Treasurer. 

MONEY CONTRIBUTIONS. 

Mrs. Frederick F. Ayer $ loo oo 

Miss Jessie Holden 25 00 

Mr. James H . Bayley 5 00 

Mrs. James Piatt Rheins 2 00 

Mr. Wm. A. Evans 10 00 

Mr. Ransom 10 00 

Miss Gordon Waller i 00 

Total $ 153 00 

CONTRIBUTIONS. 

Laurence & Co., 120 jelly glasses ; Gambre & Co., i dozen cans toma- 
toes, I ham ; Miss Sharkey, 120 glasses jelly ; Mrs. R. G. Ingersoll, 
12 suits pajamas ; Mrs. Walston H. Brown, 30 dozen pipes, 210 packages 
tobacco, 36 glasses jelly, 60 suits pajamas. 

Sent to Lieut. Wilcox, ist Volunteer Cavalry, 4 gallons whiskey, i 
gallon sherry. 

To Captain Houston, ist Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Wikoff : i gallon 
whiskey, i gallon sherry. 

To Merchants Association : 60 glasses jelly. 

To Governors Island : 36 dozen pipes, 160 packages tobacco. 

To Miss Rhodes, Staten Island : 108 outing shirts, 108 undershirts, 
108 underdrawers, no pairs socks. 

To Mrs. Hellman, Auxiliary No. 2 : muslin, cheese-cloth and gingham, 
$50 ; in money, $30. 

The hospital at Dobbs Ferry was put at the disposal of Auxiliary No. 
91. Ten sick and wounded soldiers were taken and kept until they had 
entirely recovered. 

To Red Cross car at Grand Central Station, 35 quarts milk. 

Paid nurse at Hospital $ 50 00 

Nurse for wounded soldier in New York 15 00 

Nurse for sick soldier in New York 10 00 

Respectfully submitted, 

Maud R. Ingersoll, 
November 14, 1898. Secretary. 




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AUXILIARY No. 92. 
Marshall^ Mich. 

OFFICERS : 

Mrs. W. H. Porter, President. 

Mrs, W. J. Gregg, Vice-President and Treasurer. 

Mrs. James M. Moses, Secretary. 

The whole amount of money received by our Society is the sum of $43. 

The amount expended for material $ 22 25 

Amount sent to F. D. Tappen, receipt on file 20 75 

Total $ 43 00 

We also collected and sent one box of jellies and wines, and one large 
barrel of sheets, pillow-slips, pajamas, underwear and other articles, which 
in part were contributed, and not purchased with the money we raised. 

The future of Auxiliary No. 92 is not yet determined, and will not be 
until the return home of our President, Mrs. Porter. 

Mrs. W. J. Gregg, 

October 26, 1898. Treasurer. 

N. B, — No later report received. 



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REPORT OF THE NEW YORK RED CROSS HOSPITAL 

OF WORK ACCOMPLISHED AT SANTIAGO 

AND SIBONEY. 



By dr. a. MONAE LESSER. 



PREPARATION FOR WAR. 

Immediately after the declaration of war with Spain, I received the 
order from the President of the American National Red Cross to the effect 
" that the Red Cross Hospital Department shall be ready for service in the 
war." By the direction of the President, all applications for enlistment 
and communications relating to this service were sent to the New York 
Red Cross Hospital. A certain standard of experience and character 
was established as necessary for enlistment upon our staff. A number of 
applications from physicians and assistants were received, and those whose 
qualifications and recommendations seemed satisfactory were chosen and 
placed upon a list for further investigation and final selection. Care was 
taken to select a staff with special reference to the applicant's probable 
susceptibility to disease. From the large number, men were selected 
whom we believed would be physically able to carry wounded soldiers, and 
who seemed least susceptible to disease. (While immunes were greatly to 
be desired, persons of strong vitality were more necessary in order that in 
case of infection the disease might be light, and furnish less danger of 
casualty.) 

The enlisted medical staff consisted largely of Cuban and Southern 
physicians, and of men who had served in other armies. Only a few of 
them followed our expedition to Cuba, and most of them were later on 
enlisted in the U. S. Army service. 

THE FIRST STEP TOWARD THE FORMATION OF THE 
RELIEF COMMITTEE. 

At the same time Mr. Wardwell called a meeting of the Trustees of 
the Hospital, inviting, also, several members to be present. For the sake 



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of convenience the meeting was called at my residence. The following is 
a copy of the minutes of this meeting : 

" Minutes of a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the New 
York Red Cross Hospital, held at the residence of Dr. A. M. Lesser, 19 
East 6rst Street, on the evening of April 23d, 1898. 

"Present : Mrs. George F. Shrady, Mrs. Bettina Hofker-Lesser, Mr. 
William T. Wardwell, Dr. A. M. Lesser, Mr. John P. Faure, Mrs. John 
King Van Rensselaer, and Mrs. J. I-yon Gardiner, members, by invita- 
tion. In the absence of the Secretary, Mr. Faure was requested to act as 
Secretary //-(? tern, and so acted. 

"After discussion on the emergent conditions confronting the country, 
owing to the war with Spain, the following action was taken, on motion of 
Dr. Lesser, seconded by Mr. Faure : 

*'' Resolved, That the President, Vice-President, Executive Surgeon, 
Sister-in-Chief, and Trustee John P. Faure, with Mrs. John King Van 
Rensselaer, and Mrs. Coralie S. Gardiner be, and they hereby are, 
appointed a Committee to have charge of all matters relating to the 
present emergencies growing out of the existing war with Spain. Carried. 

" The President was authorized to consult with the President of the 
National Red Cross as to the advisibility of preparing a brief statement 
for the press, setting forth the present need of the Hospital. Carried. 

" On motion, the meeting adjourned. 

(Signed) " John P. Faure, 

" Secretary pro tern." 

The following evening a meeting was called at the residence of Dr. A. 
Monae Lesser, there being present Mrs. George F. Shrady, Bettina 
Hofker-Lesser, Mr. William T. Wardwell, Dr. A. Monae Lesser, Mr. John 
P. Faure, Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner, and 
Dr. George F. Shrady. Dr. Shrady was added to the Committee, Mr. 
Faure acting as Secretary /r^ tern. 

Mr. Wardwell suggested that this movement should not be confined to 
the Red Cross Hospital alone, but should take a wider field, that it might 
receive support throughout the country, the Hospital to perform such 
duties as are provided in its charter, and as directed by the American 
National Red Cross, under whose auspices it performs its functions. 

Mr. Wardwell was requested to prepare a paper inviting fifteen 
influential citizens to form a Committee for participation in the Red Cross 
relief work, under the auspices of the American National Red Cross, and 
in conjunction with the New York Red Cross Hospital. Mr. Wardwell 
also, upon the request of the members present, assumed the duty of calling 
upon the gentlemen to makeup this proposed Committee. Several names 



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were suggested by the members present, and the selection of others was 
left to the discretion of Mr. Wardwell. Upon this, Mr, Wardwell pre- 
pared the following letter, which was unanimously adopted : 

"RED CROSS HOSPITAL FINANCE COMMITTEE. 

" The New York Red Cross Hospital having been designated by the 
American National Red Cross, as the central organization to provide 
physicians, surgeons, nurses, and such material as may be needed in field 
hospital service wherever required by the Government authorities, and to 
receive subscriptions of money that may be tendered for such necessary 
material in case of war * ; now, therefore, in accordance with such selec- 
tion and in order to combine and make effectual the enthusiasm and 
desire for helpfulness of the great body of the people of this nation, and 
in order that the people may have entire confidence that the money col- 
lected shall be faithfully used for field hospital service in case of war, the 
following gentlemen have consented to serve as a Finance Committee to 
have entire charge of the use of such funds, and with power to appoint 
auxiliary committees of ladies in New York, and to invite the cooperation 
of similar committees in other States and cities of the nation." 

The results are well known, and it is superfluous in this report to enter 
into particulars of the various meetings which followed. The Committee, 
consisting at first of fifteen members, formed in pursuance of the call and 
adopted the title of 

THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS RELIEF 
COMMITTEE. 

Mr. Wardwell, Dr. Shrady, Mr. John P. Faure, and myself were mem- 
bers representing the Red Cross Hospital. The Committee was finally 
increased to thirty-eight members. 

AUXILIARIES. 

Auxiliaries were formed in city and country for the purpose of assist- 
ing the Relief Committee. Auxiliaries for Ambulances, Tents, Clothing, 
Maintenance of Nurses, Hospital Equipment, and many others too numer- 
ous to mention, joined in the Red Cross work. 

Members of Auxiliaries came to the officers of the Red Cross Hospital 
for information as to the aid required from them in relief work. All of 
these Auxiliaries rendered material and beneficial assistance. 

* The New York Red Cross Hospital being the first and only legally chartered institu- 
tion in this country which was organized for the above purpose, including the training of 
Red Cross Sisters. 



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OFFICIAL OFFER OF RED CROSS SERVICE. 

When the Red Cross Relief Committee had formed, a special Commit- 
tee was appointed to call upon the President and offer the services of the 
Red Cross. The members of the Committee, as indicated in the minutes, 
were as follows : The Rt, Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., LL.D., the Honor- 
able Levi P. Morton, Wm. T. Wardwell, Esq., Dr. George F. Shrady, 
and Dr. A. Monae Lesser, the last three named representing the Red 
Cross Hospital. While in Washington, the Committee officially visited 
the Departments of the Army and Navy, and the Department of State. 

TO THE CHIEF OF THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 

After the Department of War had approved and accepted the services 
of the Red Cross to supplement the work of the Army Medical Depart- 
ment in case of need, I called, in the capacity of Surgeon-in-Chief of 
the American National Red Cross, upon Surgeon-General Sternberg of 
the U. S. Army. I was accompanied by the Sister-in-Chief. We asked the 
Surgeon-General for information in regard to field service. He repeated 
a statement previously made by him to the special Red Cross Committee, 
that, in his opinion, a hospital ship would be the best service that wc 
might render. He, however, referred us to Colonel Greenleaf, Assistant 
Surgeon-General, who, he said, would have charge of the field. Before 
our departure, we again officially announced to the Surgeon-General that 
we would be ready for service with a number of American and Cuban 
physicians and nurses, some of them immunes, and also with other material 
aid to assist the Medical Department in the war. Upon this the Surgeon- 
General answered : " If you are there (seat of war) and we need you, we 
will call on you ! " 

We were then directed, by an attendant, to Colonel Greenleaf, whom 
we informed of our mission. After a short interview, the Colonel said 
that he felt that there would be a land service, and that it would be wise 
for us to be prepared. 

Being familiar with the experience of the Red Cross in wars of other 
nations, I felt it my duty to make all preparations, so that no possible de- 
lay might occur in affording Red Cross aid when needed. It is a Red 
Cross maxim that it is better to be ready and not required, than to be 
required and not to be ready. 

When my preparations were completed I reported " ready " to my 
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FIRST REQUISITION FOR NURSES. 

I urged that twelve Red Cross Sisters (trained nurses) and several 
assistants selected by the Sister-in-Chief should be sent on the State of 
Texas to join the four Sisters of the Red Cross Hospital who had re- 
turned from Havana, and were awaiting us in the South. Why the 
nurses and assistants were not sent at the time requested is best known to 
the American National Red Cross. A request was also made for ambu- 
lances, attendants, and an outfit of small and large tents, together with 
instruments and other utensils to be forwarded at once. In making 
requisitions for the various articles, I selected such as would be of advan- 
tage in the Tropics. 

CALL. 

In response to the call from the American National Red Cross, I left 
this city with Mrs. Lesser on June 15 th for Key West. 

On the trip south a train of recruits commanded by First Lieutenant 
Heavey, First Infantry, joined us on their way to Tampa. 

SERVICE DURING THE JOURNEY. 

There were a number of sick on this train. In the absence of an 
army physician, I offered my services to the Lieutenant, which he accepted. 
Most of the sick had intestinal troubles. One private among them was 
very ill, and lay on a short bench in a Southern railroad coach. His con- 
dition was somewhat alarming, and he required special care. I therefore 
engaged a section in a sleeper, made him more comfortable, and gave him 
medicine, while Mrs. Lesser nursed him until we arrived in Tampa late in 
the evening. The lighter cases were all much improved. The special 
patient, although more comfortable, was taken to the camp in an ambu- 
lance. The interest which Lieutenant Heavey took in the welfare of his 
recruits deserves much commendation. 

We then proceeded on our way to Key West on the steamer Mascot. 
On board were a number of marines of the U. S. Navy. Several of them 
suffered from troubles similar to those experienced by the recruits on the 
train. Among them was one rather severe case of erysipelas, due to 
improper care after vaccination. On suggestion of the officer in charge, 
we attended the sick. They were all comparatively well when we arrived 
in Key West. There Mrs. Lesser and I joined Miss Barton, her staff and 
four Red Cross Sisters on the State of Texas. 

FOR SANTIAGO. 

The following morning, June 20th, we started for Cuba, coasting its 
mountainous southern shores, and arrived in Santiago after a six days' 



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journey. At the mouth of the harbor lay the American battleships in 
majestic array, guarding the entrance. At different stations were a host 
of transports, supply ships, and other vessels. 

•REPORTING TO THE ADMIRAL. 

On June 26th, Mr. George Kennan, Vice-President of the American 
National Red Cross, interviewed Admiral Sampson for instructions, and 
the State of Texas was directed to Guantanamo, where we remained 
over night. 

On the following morning, June 27th, a correspondent of a New York 
paper boarded the Texas and informed us that a battle had been 
fought at the front, and that there were a number of sick and wounded at 
Siboney, with inadequate attendance. 

Miss Barton gave orders for the ship to return immediately to Siboney 
(a little village between Santiago and Guantanamo), at which place we 
arrived at 9:20 P. M. and anchored several miles from the rocky shore. 

On arriving at Siboney, although it was late in the evening. Miss 
Barton directed me to go ashore to inquire into the needs of the Hospi- 
tal, and if any, to present her compliments and to make the following 
offer : "Although the State of Texas was sent to feed the refugees and 
starving Cubans, it carries some hospital necessaries and some persons 
who might be of service in the army hospitals ; and the Red Cross 
considers it its first duty to help those who are nearest." I proceeded on 
my mission, accompanied by Drs. Hubbell, Gardner, Egan, Messrs. C. H. 
H. Cottrell, McDowall, Elwell and Warner. 

Siboney is not a harbor, but a beach, and it is very hard to make a 
landing, on account of the high breakers, especially at night. Mr. Warner, 
however, was an excellent seaman, and piloted safely to shore the small 
boats to which we were transferred. On landing, we found ourselves in a 
large camp, at the foot of a chain of coral mountains, interrupted by 
about a mile of sandy beach by the sea. 

AT THE CAMP. 

The little tents were pitched on the beach and extended far inland, 
and soldiers were sleeping in them on ponchos. In the background was 
a large barn to which I was directed, when asking for the hospital. 

OFFER OF SERVICE IN THE FIELD. 

After introducing myself and staff to the physician in charge, I ex- 
tended the compliments of the President of the Red Cross, offering the 
services of her staff, and supplies if needed. The physician in charge 



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very courteously answered that he had been ordered to go to the front 
the following morning, and not needing anything, thanked the Red Cross 
for its offer. 

Westward from the landing place we passed a pond of stagnant water. 
Upon a little hill across a railroad track stood a number of wooden cot- 
tages ; the first large one and a barn, westward from it, were pointed out 
to me as another hospital (it was the house which was later used as a post 
office, in which Postmaster Brewer contracted yellow fever, but which 
was never used by the Red Cross). A number of sick lay on the floor, 
Surgeon-Major Havard being in command. The offer of Red Cross aid 
was also made to him. The condition of affairs being apparent, I ten- 
dered the services of 'the Sisters, as well as cots and blankets for his sick. 
The Major thanked me, adding that he would accept the cots and blankets, 
but that as yet he did not require nurses. I invited him to the State 
of Texas to see Miss Barton, that he might select such articles of service 
as he desired. From there we went to Dr. Virani, Surgeon-in-Chief of 
the Cuban Hospital, making the same offers to him. He introduced us 
to General Garcia and his staff and thankfully accepted the offer of the 
Red Cross. His patients were lying on cots and on the floor, little care 
apparently having been given to put the house in fit or proper condition. 
This ended our duty of the evening and we returned to the ship. 

The next morning, June 28th, Surgeon-Major Havard visited Miss 
Barton on the Texas and made a request for cots. A Cuban delegation 
also called and requested the assistance of nurses and food for the sick. 
The work of relief which is described in the report of Mrs. Lesser then 
began at the Cuban Hospital, and when the Sisters went on shore, beds 
and blankets were sent to Surgeon-Major Havard. 

A MARCH TO THE FRONT. 

The same morning Miss Barton directed me to go to the front, to find 
out if anything was needed at the camps. Accompanied by Mr. George 
Kennan and Mr. Elwell, I started about 10 A. M. A large detachment 
of infantry which the night before had camped along the shore of Siboney, 
had marched up a hill, about a thousand feet in height, while another 
detachment of infantry and artillery took the lower road in the valley,* 
it being the only road for vehicles, which leads from Siboney to Santiago. 
The spectacle of thousands of men marching up the hill systematically in 
file can never be forgotten by those who have seen it. We walked along 
the lower road with the artillery. The men lo oked well, although the 

*The road is on a gradual ascent toward Santiago, bounded on both sides by hills and 
mountains thickly covered with tropical trees and shrubby undergrowth. 



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heat prostrated a number of them on the march. We rested about ten 
minutes at the ruins of Guasimas, the place where the first battle was 
fought between the Spaniards and the Rough Riders, and continued our 
walk as far as the camp of the Rough Riders, which on that day was the 
farthest in front (a distance of about eight miles from Siboney). It was 
several days after the battle of Guasimas that we visited Colonel Roose- 
velt, and were introduced to Colonel Wood and several members of his 
staff. The wounded of the first attack had been attended, and there was 
little or no sickness in his camp. After a short stay, having refreshed 
ourselves with hard tack and water, we started to return. On our way 
home, we met several physicians belonging to the various camps, but it 
was too early to tell what needs might arise. We also met General Shaf- 
fer and his staff on their way to the front. Homeward, we took the upper 
mountain path, and again walked back to Siboney, also a distance of eight 
miles. 

ON THE SPOT WHERE THE FIRST BATTLE WAS FOUGHT. 

On the road we found a number of empty Mauser and Krag- Jorgensen 
cartridge shells, which had evidently been shot from there by the thousands 
in the first battle. We arrived at Siboney toward evening, when we 
returned to the State of Texas. 

The next morning, June 29th, I returned to shore with the Sisters. 

RESERVE DIVISIONAL HOSPITAL FIFTH CORPS. 

Siboney, with a large water supply and the sea breeze, was selected for 
the Reserve Divisional Hospital of the Fifth Corps. Surgeon-Major La 
Garde, of the regular army service, was the chief of the department. 
His hospital supply was small and conveniences still smaller, which he 
said was owing to the fact that, through military necessity, the medical 
and hospital supplies of the army were still on the transports, with no 
means of unloading. There were but few hospital tents, and the cots 
in them were occupied by a number of patients under the care of Dr. 
Fauntleroy. 

It may be easily understood how difficult it was to be properly prepared 
when every man and every article landed had to be transferred from the 
big ships into the small lifeboats and rowed to the shore. There was no 
dock, and when one was improvised the heavy waves or breakers would 
tear it away. The inconveniences were so great that often, when the little 
boats came near shore, the breakers would wash over them, drenching 
everybody and everything. We were often obliged to leave the boat when 
near the shore and walk through the water, because of the impossibility of 
landing otherwise. It seems almost incredible that an army as large as the 



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one at Santiago, with all the requirements, could have landed and reached 
its destination in so short a time. 

COMMANDING SURGEON ACCEPTS RED CROSS. 
While the Sisters worked in the Cuban Hospital, I went to Major La 
Garde, and offered him the services of the Red Cross. Surgeon-Major 
Havard having been ordered to the front, his patients were transferred to 
Surgeon-Major La Garde's tents. Battle was expected every day, or every 
moment, and the Major, in order to be as well prepared as possible, 
accepted the offer of assistance made by the Red Cross, and placed a 
house at our disposal to serve as a hospital. Upon my request, he 
addressed a formal letter to Miss Barton, which I carried to her, and she 
answered at once with kind words and deeds. We took charge of the 
house, a full description of which is contained in the report of the Sister- 
in-Chief. 

SUPPLEMENTING THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
At first we received twenty-two patients, American soldiers, and later, 
seventeen more : in all, thirty-nine. Most of them suffered from typhoid 
fever, although there were a few cases of measles, some of them compli- 
cated with pneumonia. Before midnight we had the house in working 
order as an improvised hospital. We spent the next day or two in 
completing arrangements there, constantly receiving new patients. 

CLOTHES FOR THE INVALIDS. 

It was natural to expect that, under the circumstances, the sick were 
not yet supplied with nightgowns, or any clothes in which the invalid 
could be more comfortable than in his uniform or underwear, but the 
State of Texas carried a few cases of clothing, which, I understand, had 
been sent by the Christian Herald for the use of the suffering Cubans. It 
was light and more suitable to the climate, and was put to excellent use in 
providing for the sick. Unfortunately, there were more garments intended 
for women than for men. The situation was altogether too serious for 
ridicule ; it was, nevertheless, amusing at times to see men wearing the 
attire which properly belonged to women, such as wrappers and dresses. 
In several instances where clothing was scarce, skirts were brought into 
use, holes being cut through the skirts for the arms of the men. 

The scarcity of cups, plates, spoons, kitchen and room utensils, was 
overcome by articles improvised from tin cans and the boards of ammu- 
nition boxes. 

AFTER THE BATTLE. 

Late in the afternoon of July ist, our work had to be changed. Sur- 
geon-Major La Garde called for our assistance to attend the wounded who 



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were arriving from the battlefield of Santiago. Numbers of the wounded 
were brought down to the camp in a train and in wagons. Many of the 
wounded walked miles, suffering from wounds in their arms, or in other 
parts not preventing their walking. Men with bullet wounds through their 
lungs walked and crept for hours to get to the Hospital. There were hos- 
pitals nearer the front, but all seemed to have been overcrowded by the 
large number of wounded that day. Some of the wounded soldiers lost 
their way in the undergrowth, and wandered about until they found the 
nearest road to the hospital. Many preferred to walk, because they com- 
plained that the rough roads and rickety wagons increased their pain with 
every jolt. 

Surgeon-Major La Garde's management can never be too highly 
praised. He examined the wounded men as they arrived, and placed 
them in the most comfortable position that the situation permitted, until 
they could have attendance. 

WITH THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 

Every surgeon and nurse was put to work. Mrs. Lesser, Sisters Isabel 
01m, Minnie Rogall, and Blanche McCorriston were called to assist at the 
operating tables, and Sister Annie McCue and Mrs. Trumbull White were 
left in charge of the hospital building. At first I assisted a very able army 
surgeon, Dr. Fauntleroy, but the same evening a table was assigned to me 
by Major La Garde, and I operated upon my cases, assisted by others. 
From time to time, as other surgeons came, they were assigned to tables. 
In all, there were three regular and three improvised tables in the tent, 
which were in charge of the following surgeons : Drs. Fauntleroy, Ireland, 
Nancrede, Munson, Parker, Howard, and myself, and others whose names 
I could not learn. At times, as some of these surgeons left upon various 
duties, other surgeons were assigned in charge of tables. All present 
worked that night, each operator having one assistant and one Red Cross 
Sister at his table. The work continued with little intermission during all 
of the following day, as the wounded continued to come down in numbers, 
but there were neither cots nor shelter for them. 

I saw Surgeon-Major La Garde, most ably assisted by Chaplain Gavitt, 
hunt about for canvas or anything that would act as roof for shelter, and 
have it put up along the tents and flies. Their work was unceasing. Dr. 
Munson assisted them materially by bringing ashore from the transports 
covering and other necessary articles. 

NEED FOR COTS. 

Every officer and member of the medical staff gave up his cot and 
tent, that the wounded might find some kind of shelter and proper resting- 



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place, but notwithstanding all the efforts made, the requirements could 
not be met. The largest number of wounded lay on the ground, some on 
blankets, others on canvas, or if very severely wounded on a litter. 

RED CROSS SUPPLY DEPARTMENT. 

The S. S. State of Texas carried a number of cots, I believe 350, which 
were originally meant for Cuban relief. Many of the cots had already 
been used in the Red Cross Hospital in Siboney. When Miss Barton was 
informed of the condition of affairs, all cots that were on the ship were un- 
loaded, and sent to the hospital, and the most seriously wounded received 
comfortable resting-places, 

DIFFICULTIES OF TRANSPORTATION. 

In the loading and unloading of articles which we received from the 
State of Texas, Mr. Warner, Dr. Hubbell, Dr. Eagan, and Dr. Gardner, 
assisted by Mr. Cottrell, worked with energy and ability in bringing the 
articles to shore. 

On July 2nd the gauze bandages and iodoform gauze gave out. The 
State of Texas carried a quantity of surgical dressings which I had ordered 
from Johnson & Johnson before leaving New York, and which was pre- 
pared under the supervision of a Red Cross Sister. Mr. Cottrell, who was 
in charge of the supply department of the ship, was directed to send on 
land any article requested, if in his possession. We received from this 
supply five large cases of surgical dressings. Miss Barton, Mr. Kennan, and 
assistants left that afternoon for the front. 

OFFICIAL REQUEST FOR MORE RED CROSS ASSISTANCE. 

Surgeon-Majors La Garde, Appel, and Nancrede, Dr. Parker, and my- 
self had a consultation as to what was best to be done to relieve the ex- 
igencies, as more of the wounded were being brought down. Every 
moment news of another battle was expected. The experience of the first 
battle, with no better means at hand to care for the wounded, was a matter 
of great concern and worry to all present. Finally it was agreed to tele- 
graph for more Red Cross Sisters, more surgical dressings, and other 
material required for the sick in the field. Mrs. Lesser was consulted in 
the matter of nurses, and cabled for them at once. With the same cable 
I ordered surgical dressings and complete hospital equipments, — sufficient 
at least to make 500 patients comfortable. 

CONTINUOUS WORK. 

The operative work continued almost without intermission, every sur- 
geon employing all his energies. 

It was fortunate that our meals did not consist of many courses, as we 



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could spare but little time for dining. During the day the heat made the 
work somewhat tedious, but the nights were cool, and although we had 
only candle light or lanterns, we could work with more comfort. The oil 
for the lanterns was procured from the State of Texas, and had been 
donated by the Standard Oil Co. 

UNITY AT THE HOSPITALS. 

The feeling in the hospital among the members of the surgical staff was 
excellent ; surgeons would show each other anything of interest, and 
would consult and advise on matters of importance. Surgeon-Major Nan- 
crede and Dr. Parker, being authorities on gunshot wounds, gave their ad- 
vice most willingly. 

NAVAL BATTLE. 

On the 3d of July the fleet fought its battle at the entrance of San- 
tiago harbor. We heard in the distance the tremendous roar of the cannon 
in the early morning, and could see a little of the conflict from a height at 
a little distance from the hospital camp, but as our work was pressing 
very little time could be spent away from the hospital tables. 

A RED CROSS INCIDENT. 

I wish to mention one instance of the conflict which is unimportant, 
but may not be without interest. It had been reported to us that one of 
the Spanish vessels had escaped. As the roar of the cannon died away, 
a strange war vessel appeared near the waters of Siboney, upon whose 
flag-staff we recognized from the distance the yellow and red stripes of the 
Spanish flag. To avoid a possible shower of lead in our direction. Major 
La Garde hoisted the biggest Red Cross flag in our possession upon the 
tallest pole he could find in the camp. Although we fully relied upon 
the protection afforded by the Red Cross treaty, we feared somewhat that 
the flag might not be seen. We soon ascertained, however, upon the nearer 
approach of the stranger, that the stripes upon her flag were the red and 
white of Austria, and not the flag of Spain. 

WOUNDED NAVAL PRISONERS. 

The night of the 3d, we expected to be able to rest a few hours, but 
among the many Spanish naval prisoners who had been taken upon the 
various American ships were a great many wounded. Dr. Lewis, Chief 
Surgeon of the Harvard, who assisted in attending the wounded at the 
hospitals at Siboney was called to his ship and invited Dr. Parker, the 
Sisters, and myself to help in attending the wounded Spaniards on the Har- 
vard, to which invitation we gladly responded. At 12.15 a.m. we arrived 



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at the beach ; there being no signal, we had to wait an hour or more, during 
which time the Sisters slept on the beach until the boat arrived to take us 
to the Harvard. 

When we arrived on the Harvard we went at once to the main hall, 
where the wounded Spaniards had been placed. I had never before seen 
the wounded of a naval battle, and accustomed as I had become to the 
horrors of the battlefield, I was unprepared for the ghastly spectacle pre- 
sented. The magnificent hall of the floating palace of the American Line 
had been stripped of most of its luxurious fittings. Two long tables had 
been rolled to the right of the hall and were in use for surgical purposes. 
On the left was a long line of wounded sailors and marines lying on the 
floor. They had been wounded in the naval battle of that day, some of 
them groaning piteously. Their wounds were of a character entirely dif- 
ferent from those incurred in the land conflicts. Arms, hands, legs, and 
feet were shattered, eyes and ears burned by shells and by the steam of ex- 
ploding boilers, limbs and portions of the body torn out and parts blown 
away, leaving sufficient of the vital organs intact for life to continue. The 
mutilated bodies, the intensity of the suffering and the distressing cries of 
anguish brought to mind the force of Sherman's declaration that " war is 
hell." The contrast between the splendor of the walls of the majestic 
American steamship in the background and the grim line of shattered, 
bleeding bodies of the beaten foe on the floor seemed like a picture 
of Inferno by Dore. 

Two Spanish naval surgeons from one of the conquered ships assisted 
us in the surgical work. One of them had passed through the conflict 
unhurt, while the feet of the other were so badly burned that he could not 
walk, but hopped about on his heels. The surgical staff of the Harvard 
had done preliminary relief work among the wounded, and Dr. Lewis, Dr. 
Parker, and myself, assisted by the Sisters, operated upon the more serious 
cases. We worked the entire night, remaining until six o'clock in the 
morning. After a short visit to the State of Texas, we returned to the 
hospital camp. 

BACK TO THE HOSPITAL CAMP. 

It was the Fourth of July. The wounded had continued to arrive^ 
many of them stating to us that they had been shot in the battle of July 
ist, and as yet had received no care except from some comrade who 
carried the little emergency package. Permit me to say here, that I be- 
lieve the little Red Cross emergency package has saved many a man from 
death through bleeding. 

Several of our patients had been shot through the brain or spine. In 
some instances the bullet injured the eyes or the nerves governing the 



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eyes. Ice had to be applied continuously to the injured parts, in order to 
relieve the excruciating pain. Dr. Fauntleroy suggested that these cases 
be sent to the Red Cross Hospital. We had ice there at that time which 
had been brought from the State of Texas. 

The eyes were carefully attended by Mrs. White, the wife of Dr. 
Trumbull White of the Chicago Record. It was necessary to make contin- 
uous application of ice every few minutes, which she did with constant 
and unceasing care. Mrs. White is not a trained nurse, but a gentle, wise 
woman, and the only woman not a trained nurse, who was in the Red Cross 
Hospital service at Santiago. I agree with the remarks of Dr. Fauntleroy 
when he said that her attention and the ice relieved much suffering, and 
saved quite a few from blindness. Captain Mills, who was one of the 
wounded of that class, may tell of his own experience. 

INSTRUMENTS. 

Some surgeons brought their own private instruments and loaned them 
to others in cases of need. The supply of some kinds of instruments was 
insufficient, probably owing to the same reasons as other shortages. Cer- 
tain instruments were entirely wanting, except those that were the private 
property of several surgeons. In lending instruments in this manner, and 
allowing them to be taken out of the trays, my own, as well as those of 
some other surgeons, gradually disappeared. 

Other surgeons arrived during the progess of the work. Dr. Lawrence, 
Major McCready, Dr. Winters, Dr. Lewis and many others belonging to 
the Army and Navy, whose names I did not learn, but who did excellent 
work. 

Several times daily I went to the hospital to prescribe for the patients 
there ; the remainder of the day I spent in the tent at the operating table. 

SMALL PERCENTAGE OF AMPUTATIONS. 

Most notable and commendable was the endeavor of the surgical staff 
to save limbs, when at all possible, and Drs. Fauntleroy, Nancrede, Ireland, 
Parker and myself often worked together or with other assistants, spend- 
ing an hour for resection of a part, in order to prevent an amputation. Out 
of the total number of wounded treated in Siboney Hospital after the 
battle, which I was informed was 141 5, I observed but three amputations 
of the thigh, two of the leg, and one of the fore-arm. The death rate was 
also small, as most of the shots made clean wounds, and caused death only 
when they affected the most vital parts. 

In the simpler cases one could work alone, with the aid of a Sister or 
a hospital steward, but in the more difficult cases the assistance of another 



surgeon was necessary. It was often a source of great gratification, there- 
fore, to see two eminent surgeons of equally good reputation, assisting 
•each other in difficult cases ; one advising, the other acting, or both active 
at the same time. Perfect harmony existed among the members of the 
staff, army, naval, and civilian. 

The total number of cases upon which I operated, and in which I 
assisted, was one hundred and eighty-one ; with Dr. Fauntleroy in forty- 
six of them, with Dr. Ireland in thirty-seven, and the rest I dressed with 
the assistance of various surgeons, a hospital steward, or Sister Isabelle. 

Some of the patients came down with their wounds dressed in some 
hospital at the front, and I may here mention that I saw excellent work 
coming from the hospital in command of Dr. Wood. 

Many of the wounded stated that they had been left in the field for 
days without assistance, and that they had suffered greatly from exposure 
to the rain and heat. 

NURSING THE WOUNDED. 

The Sisters up to this time were required in the operating tent. The 
wounded in the hospital tents as yet had not received much attention, 
owing to the insufficient number of nurses in the camp. Hunger was the 
general complaint of a large number of men lying on the cots or on 
the ground, a great many of them too helpless even to turn. Surgeon- 
Major La Garde sent for Mrs. Lesser, several surgeons, and myself to dis- 
cuss what might be most advisable. It was concluded that other surgeons 
who had come to help might relieve several of the Sisters at the operating 
tables, and that the Sisters should take charge of the patients in the tents. 
Mrs. Lesser suggested that the worst cases be carried into one or two rows 
of tents, as the small staff of Sisters was not sufficient to take charge of 
all and do them justice. This was done, and Mrs. Lesser, assisted by 
Sister Minnie, took charge of the patients. The Major detailed a number 
of enlisted men to carry out the orders of Mrs. Lesser and Sister Minnie. 
The system worked admirably. 

It can be naturally understood that it was impossible for five Red 
Cross Sisters, although trained nurses, together with three male army 
nurses, to attend to the operating tables and care for the hundreds of 
patients in the tents and Red Cross Hospital. The hospital corps men 
who were detailed to follow the instructions of the Red Cross Sisters, de- 
serve high commendation for their endeavors to carry out their instructions. 
They learned by observing the methods of the Sisters and tried to follow 
their example. It could not be expected that those untrained and un- 
drilled men should be able to completely take charge of the cases, partic- 
ularly as the Sisters could lose no time to stand by and watch them in their 



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work ; but the men could assist in the feeding and other requirements of 
the patients, while the Sisters attended to duties which required skilled 
hands. 

Several of the severest cases were sent to the Red Cross Hospital, 
where Sister Annie and Mrs. White, also assisted by a number of detailed 
hospital corps men, received and nursed them. Mrs, Lesser continued to 
superintend both places, and personally took charge of the most serious 
cases. In this manner all the wounded were fed and nursed as well as the 
conditions would permit, while Sisters Isabelle and Blanche continued to 
assist at the operating table. 

NOURISHMENT FOR SICK AND WOUNDED. 

Food for the patients was prepared by the Sisters in the Hospital, in 
which work considerable assistance was given them by a number of news- 
paper correspondents. Some of them carried the heavy pots to the various 
tents, and assisted in the cooking under the supervision of the Sisters, 
stirring the gruels and watching the soup kettles for hours, in order that 
the Sisters might be relieved to perform more necessary duties. The Red 
Cross Hospital owes them many thanks, and those who have benefited by 
their assistance I am sure will be ever grateful to them. 

Cereals for gruels, condensed milk, Malted milk, and other well- 
known nutritives we received from the State of Texas ; among them was 
a preparation of oats and cocoa labeled " Cocavina," all of which 
served as nourishing food. Soups and other invalid foods were pre- 
pared from regular army rations which we received from the Commissary 
Department. 

On the night of the 4th we were able to obtain sufficient sleep for the 
first time, and, although we had given our cots to the wounded and our 
beds consisted of blankets upon the floor, we all slept soundly that night. 

The rush of the operative work continued until about July 5th or 6th. 
It was difficult to keep track of the date, on account of the continuous 
work of day and night. 

WOUNDED SPANISH SOLDIERS. 

A number of Spanish prisoners were brought to the camp, whom Major 
La Garde, upon my request, placed in my charge. Tents were erected for 
them about a quarter of a mile from our hospital. I prescribed for their 
ailments, while the Sisters supplied their food. In addition I answered 
calls which came from families in Siboney. 

Some of the Spanish prisoners of war were wounded, and others suf- 
fered from fever. The wounds had been temporarily dressed on the 



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battlefield; Several cases required larger operations, which I prepared to 
perform at a time when the proper arrangements required for that kind of 
surgery could be made in their camp. 

Dr. Ireland and a young but able naval surgeon, Dr. Rosenbluet, 
assisted me late in the afternoon of the same day to operate upon as many 
•cases as we could before night intervened. 

YELLOW FEVER REPORTED IN THE CAMP. 

Dr. Guiteras, who visited all the hospitals daily, informed me one 
afternoon that he had found a case of yellow fever in the camp (not in 
our hospital). There were two or more suspicious cases which he had 
watched, and he believed that yellow fever would develop very rapidly. 
I called the Sisters together, presented the situation to them that they 
might decide whether to stay in the field or return to the State of Texas. 
Their unanimous decision to stay and face the consequences made them 
continue their work without any hesitation. 

In the meantime, the Red Cross Hospital building had become 
crowded ; one room was set aside for doubtful cases, while the other 
rooms were occupied by typhoid patients. The porch in front of the 
house shaded with canvas and an isolated room to the right sheltered 
the wounded. 

The State of Texas was moored several miles from the shore and the 
hospital, about a mile from the landing-place. In order to save time, 
-we had taken a dwelling in one of the houses at Siboney, which was 
believed by experts not to be infected. The house was cleanly in appear- 
ance, and was occupied by a respectable family. Our tents, which we 
would have preferred as a dwelling, had not arrived. 

In order that a limited supply of bedclothes should be equal to the 
demand of the sick and wounded, we improvised a laundry in a garden 
next to our hospital and engaged a number of Cuban women to wash 
continually. This added much to the comfort of the sufferers. 

As fast as the wounded were in a condition to be removed they were 
placed on board the transports in the harbor, in which service Major 
Appel was very active. 

THE ARMY HOSPITAL SHIP RELIEF ARRIVES. 

On the 7th of July, after the wounded had been attended, the hospital 
ship i?<?//>/ arrived at Siboney, with an ample supply of cots, mattresses, 
clothes for the invalids, hospital equipments, and all kinds of food. 
Thereafter we had an abundance of everything. Our cots were then re- 
turned to us and Major La Garde sent us mattresses. Our supply of ice 



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had been exhausted for several days, and the ice plant on the /?<?//>/ was 
indeed a relief to the entire camp, as long as the ship was at Siboney. An 
elegantly equipped army operating tent was then erected by Dr. Nicholas 
Sen and his staff in expectation of another battle. The war, however, 
had been practically ended and the surgeons could not avail themselves 
of the advantages which the tent might have offered had there been 
another battle. Mrs. J. Addison Porter came to Siboney on the Relief 
and went to the front with Miss Barton on the following day. 

The work at the Red Cross Hospital and in the camp had become 
continuous, as a large number of patients came from various camps to 
receive attention, and still a larger number from our camp came for con- 
sultation and treatment. The total number of American officers and men 
patients, transient and permanent, treated by us or prescribed for at the 
hospital from the time it was opened until it was burned was 234, while 
aside from the surgical cases attended during the same time 79 patients 
were attended at various parts of the camp. The majority of them suf- 
fered from Cuban malarial fever. 

All the fever cases which were placed in our charge when we opened 
the hospital recovered. The last of the typhoid cases I brought home 
well on the Concho ; those that came later were on the way to recovery 
when we left for the yellow fever hospital. In fact, we had no death ex- 
cept that of Theodore Miller, a Rough Rider who was shot through the 
spinal cord. At the Spanish tent we had two deaths from tetanus (lock- 
jaw) during our attendance. 

No patients in our hospital became affected with yellow fever, 
although a number were brought there suffering from the disease. The 
former, besides being attended for the disease from which they suffered 
were treated by the prophylactic method described in my medical report. 
The latter were closely observed, and as soon as positive signs of yellow 
fever were noticed, they were reported to the Government experts and 
the patients removed to the yellow fever hospital. 

Although the Red Cross does not claim temperance as a platform, it 
may be of scientific interest to state here, that none of our patients at the 
hospital and those under our direct charge received alcohol in any form 
as a medicine or beverage. 

Our work continued uninterrupted until the 14th of July. Until July 
loth, I was the only Red Cross surgeon at the hospital. Our staff was 
increased by the arrival of a surgeon and three assistants enlisted by the 
Red Cross. We continued on duty in the various tents and at the Red 
Cross Hospital, and they assisted. 

Unfortunately, the continuous work of the past, the sleepless nights 
and other hardships necessarily connected with war had reduced our 



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strength considerably. We kept up our work until we were seized with 
yellow fever. The Sisters were attacked first and I attended them^ 
while continuing to perform my other duties until I was ordered to bed 
also. After I was unable to be about, Major La Garde's staff attended 
the patients who had been in my charge. On the following day, an order 
was given that the house in which we dwelt should be burned and that 
we should be removed to the yellow fever camp. The Red Cross sur- 
geon and the three male assistants who a few days before had arrived to 
relieve me, returned to the State of Texas. The Sisters and our pharma- 
cist went with me to the fever camp. The latter and Sister Annie re- 
mained well and nursed us during our illness. 

Dr. Fauntleroy, Dr. Ireland and Chaplain Gavitt accompanied us on the 
train to the fever camp, and remained there until we were made as com- 
fortable as the surroundings possibly permitted. 

THE YELLOW FEVER CAMP. 

The camp was located about a mile and a half from Siboney in a valley 
surrounded by mountains on three sides, but, unfortunately, a malarial 
location. A tent was pitched for us in the highest spot of the camp. 
Capt. Wilt of the First Illinois Volunteers, to whose kindness we are 
greatly indebted, constructed a fence of palm leaves and branches of 
cocoanut trees around our tent, so that we might have greater privacy. 
At great pains, he brought the leaves and branches from a distance of 
over a mile from the camp. He also constructed a roof on the tent of the 
same material, to protect us from the heat and glare of the sun. Dr. 
Ireland and Chaplain Gavitt came to see us twice a day. They brought 
us fruit and ice, as long as the Relief was at Siboney. 

At the camp we received the very best and the kindest attention from 
the physicians and officials in charge. Drs. Gorgas and McCrary were 
particularly attentive to us and their kindness contributed greatly to our 
comfort. We were glad to meet at the camp Dr. Echeverria, a most able 
Cuban physician and an American citizen, who was very skilful in the 
treatment of yellow fever. Greatly to my happiness, I found that his 
method of treatment corresponded in many ways to that which I had 
advocated. Drs. Williams and Meyer and Chaplain Swift also contri- 
buted to our ease and welfare at the camp. On the morning after our 
arrival at the camp. Miss Barton, accompanied by Mrs. Gardiner, visited 
us and returned with the same train to the State of Texas. 
OUR RAPID RECOVERY. 

On the seventh day after our arrival at the camp we were able to return 
to Siboney. Our ailments, although not prevented, had been made light 



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by prophylactic methods, and our recovery was consequently rapid, not- 
withstanding a brief relapse after our removal to the camp. After our 
return to Siboney, I again offered to serve. 

In the meantime a message from Assistant Surgeon-General Greenleaf 
was received at Siboney, stating that forty-five Red Cross sisters, surgeons, 
and other assistants, had arrived at Guantanamo, waiting to come to us, 
and on the day that we returned from the fever camp, Surgeon-Major La 
Garde telegraphed and telephoned repeatedly for them to come, but he re- 
ceived no reply. On the afternoon of the same day I went to Santiago 
and reported this to Miss Barton, and returned to Siboney in the evening. 
Being exhausted from work and illness, and feeling under the existing cir- 
cumstances we could not continue to work without more assistance, I 
applied for our return. Surgeon-Major La Garde placed me in charge of 
the S.S. Concho, which left for the North on July 23d. 

Before my departure from Siboney, Surgeon-Major La Garde handed 
me a letter, a copy of which I present herewith : 



Reserve Divisional Hospital, Fifth Corps. 

Siboney, Cuba, July 23, 1898. 

This is to Certify that Dr. A. Monae Lesser, Surgeon-in-Chief of the American 
National Red Cross, offered his services to the medical department of the army on the 
29th day of June. From the latter date to the present day, Dr. Lesser has been connected 
with this hospital as a surgeon and a patient. When the wounded commenced to arrive 
on July 1st, and during the rush of work which lasted four days, in the care of the 
wounded. Dr. Lesser was assigned one of the six tables in the operating room. His work 
was skilful and most continuous. His suggestions to me on more than one occasion, con- 
cerning administration details, were of the highest value. After the rush of work in the 
operating room, Dr. Lesser continued to take charge of a hospital, — a building which was 
pronounced free from infection, — in which he treated wounded and sick soldiers. His 
work was the admiration of every one who had the good fortune to be under the watchful 
care of himself and the Sisters under him. Unfortunately, the building in which they 
lived, showed signs of yellow fever infection. Dr. Lesser, his wife, and four of the 
Sisters — his entire staff, were taken one by one with the fever. They were removed to 
our yellow fever hospital. They are now convalescing, though weak ; they leave us for 
the North to-day for a much-needed rest. I have no words at my command which could 
in any way express my appreciation of the work of Dr. Lesser and his heroic staff. Had 
it not been for their assistance and the quantities of supplies furnished by the Stale of 
Texas, the sufferings of the hundreds of wounded would have been magnified more than 
I can now venture to express. 

In commenting on our lack of supplies, attendants, etc., I desire to state that our un- 
prepared condition to meet the rush of work which came with such surprising rapidity, 
was due to those military conditions which often transpire in war, when blood, suffering, 
and death seem to be inevitable, or beyond the scope of man to anticipate. 

May God's blessing be with him and his. 

(Signed) Lotis A. La Garde, 
Major and Surgeon, U. S. A., Commanding HospitaL 



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ON THE CONCHO. 

The Concho was a steamship of the Mallory Line and was leased by the 
Government for the transportation of troops. Temporary berths or bunks 
had been erected throughout the interior of the ship. The Concho had 
conveyed troops and supplies from Tampa to Santiago, in the first expe- 
dition. On the 2 2d of July she was ordered to Siboney to transport a 
number of convalescent soldiers to the United States. Word was sent 
from the ship to Surgeon-Major La Garde that she would take a supply of 
provisions and water and would be at Siboney on the 23d. Yellow fever 
having become general in the camp, Surgeon-Major La Garde had en- 
deavored to isolate a number of patients convalescent from other diseases, 
principally from typhoid fever. These cases, about thirty in number, we 
decided to send away by the Concho to protect them from infection. A 
number of yellow fever convalescents, who had been thoroughly disin- 
fected and supplied with new clothes, were also selected to be sent home 
on the ship. On the morning of the 23d, the captain of the Concho re- 
ported that the ship was ready. A thousand rations which Gen, Shafter 
had ordered were first brought on board, and then the men were taken to 
the ship in small boats. 

At 2 P.M. I boarded the Concho, accompanied by Mrs. Lesser, Sis- 
ters Minnie, Isabelle and Annie, and met on the ship Misses Adele Gard- 
iner, Alice Babcock, and Grace Peterson. The ship was perfectly clean. 
The bunks were close above each other in tiers of four in a row. I 
ordered the upper tiers to be removed, that the convalescents might have 
more air and comfort. 

The means at hand were insufficient comfortably to dispose of the thirty 
patients and the convalescents originally ordered on board. A number of 
convalescent soldiers had arrived and were sitting on deck. There were 
also about ten civilians who had come on the Concho from Santiago. I 
immediately sent word to Major La Garde that the ship was not in con- 
dition to comfortably accommodate more than sixty invalids, and that it 
would be best to send the officers, the typhoid patients, and a number of 
convalescents, not exceeding sixty, and no more men should be sent un- 
less they were perfectly well. 

I have since learned that Major La Garde unfortunately did not 
receive this message. 

The patients as they arrived were placed in steerage berths on mat- 
tresses, and the convalescent officers by twos in state-rooms. 

At 5.30 the last boat brought from shore some blankets and other 
stores, also word that no more would be sent. The captain then gave 
orders for the ship to start, and we weighed anchor at 5.45 p.m. 



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It appeared as the men arrived on the ship that most of them were 
well enough to take care of themselves. When evening came, I ascer- 
tained that a number of men had brought no blankets. The night being 
cool, I requested the captain to give me as many blankets as he could spare, 
to which request he most willingly acceded, and gave his steward direc- 
tions to that effect. The insufficiency of blankets caused my suspicion, 
since I was present when Surgeon-Major La Garde and Dr. Ireland 
selected the men who should go, and ordered a blanket to be placed on 
board for every man. The large number of men who were on the boat 
surprised me, and upon inquiry, I found that almost every man whom we 
had especially designated that morning to remain on the Island had passed 
through the watch and had come on board with the others, contrary to 
orders ; hence the large number on the ship in spite of the limited 
accommodations. 

Had all remained as well as they appeared on land, there would have 
been no unusual difficulty. The medicine which I carried in my own 
satchel, together with the medicine which I received from Siboney, would 
have been ample for the number of patients selected for the journey. 
The officers, with the exception of Major Allen, seemed apparently well, but 
of course very weak from severe attacks of yellow fever. Several of them 
complained of fever that day, and one Sister was placed in charge of the 
officers. 

Much complaint was made the first evening about the drinking water 
on the ship. From the message we received on the 22d that the ship 
was taking on water and provisions at Santiago, we took it for granted 
that fresh water was on board. I was very much astonished to find upon 
examination that the supply of water taken at Santiago was not fresh, but 
was taken from another ship which had loaded at Tampa in the early part 
of May. There was no ice and practically no fruit on the ship. A few 
limes and a few lemons were all that we could obtain at Siboney. Not 
having used ice for some time, we had learned to be without it, but 
the lack of good water was a matter of great discomfort to all. 

The next morning I was called to many parts of the ship ; it seemed 
that almost every one [on deck and below, had taken sick. Of the many 
men who the day before had walked to the beach, few were able to walk 
about the ship the second day of our journey. Some had high fever, 
others suffered from diarrhoea and almost every man complained of some 
trouble. As time passed, the severity of the cases increased ; the officers, 
who though very weak were able to be about, were taken sick one by one, 
sooner or later. 

At the end of the second day it became difficult to attend to all of the 
.ailments. To furnish the men with proper food, or rather to prevent them 



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from receiving improper food, from their comrades proved to be an even 
more difficult task. Captain Risk had received from the State of Texas a 
bag of rice and a bag of Indian meal, which he placed at our disposal, and 
which we used in the preparation of soft and fluid diets. 

As the time passed, with attention and a somewhat improved diet, a few 
began to recover, I was glad when I saw Steward McCowin of the hos- 
pital corps of the 34th Michigan well enough to assist in nursing. (He 
was assigned to me by Major Nancrede at the Siboney Hospital, only 
being detailed to the hospital corps, but is an excellent nurse, with good 
surgical and medical training.) He first began to assist in the nursing 
and directed a number of volunteer orderlies. I cannot refrain at this 
point from mentioning the compensation which these orderlies solicited, 
viz. : that they might eat at a table after the officers had dined, and might 
have food of similar character. In reality the officers' food was the same 
as that furnished to the soldiers, only differently served. I acceded to 
their request and gave orders to the steward to supply them with meals,, 
the bill for which I sent to the Red Cross. 

Being the only surgeon on the ship, the work of attending the sick in- 
creased hourly. During the day I made a complete round as often as 
time would allow ; during the night, with exception of the first, I was 
called not less than four times, and one night I had to remain up until five 
o'clock the next morning before my day's work was fairly completed. 

My medicines were limited to but few kinds. The quinine gave out ; 
the supply of epsom salts and of the sulphur and camphor which served me 
so well in Cuban malarial diseases was exhausted. The tinctures and tab- 
lets which I carried in my own case were very much reduced, particularly 
those for which I had the most need. My entire supply of medicines, ex- 
cept a few tablets of salicylate of soda gave out on the night we came to 
Fortress Monroe. The boat arrived at night, but did not go into harbor 
until about 6 o'clock the next morning, and waited for the quarantine 
officer. At 10.50 a.m. two physicians, one of them from the quarantine 
department, came on board. They examined into the condition of the 
ship, asked the necessary questions, and received the necessary answers. 

I made request for water, fruits, food for the sick, fresh meat, ice, and 
medicines. In showing the quarantine physician around the ship to see 
the patients, I explained to him the need of different garments for the sick. 
He took my list of articles required, and informed me that he had to 
report to Washington for orders for the ship. 

About evening came a quantity of ice, fruit, medicines, and other arti- 
cles, and the Sisters distributed the fruit among those who were allowed to 
partake of it. A number of pajamas, wash-rags, soap and socks were also 
sent on board. In the meantime the men who were brought as patients 



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on the ship and placed in my charge at Siboney had recovered. They 
had been closely watched in their bunks, and only persons detailed for that 
work were allowed to go near them. They were kept in a special steerage 
department, each occupying a bunk. As they left their bunks, others 
suffering more severely were put in their places. 

In the evening we received an additional quantity of ice, more fruit, 
more food for the sick, and more clothing. Most welcome of all was the 
announcement that the captain had received orders to start for New York 
after we had been detained in Fortress Monroe for almost three days. 

With a new supply of water, food, and medicine, the aspect of the ship 
within the twelve hours was entirely changed. Men who had high fever 
grew better. The most marked improvement could be seen in the diarrhoea 
and dysentery patients, and those suffering from Cuban malaria. The 
improvement of the large number of sick was so rapid that when we 
arrived in New York on the morning of July 31st, many of them had com- 
paratively recovered. 

Although every possible care was taken to restrain the patients from 
taking any nourishment except that supplied to them by the nurses, some 
of the patients received a portion of the regular rations from their comrades 
who, being comparatively well, were supplied with solid food. In a well- 
meant but misguided intent to relieve the cravings of their weaker brethren 
they shared their rations with them. For this cause and other indiscre- 
tions which could not be prevented, four of the men, who became sick on 
board, died at sea before we arrived at Fortress Monroe, and three died 
from similar causes on the trip from Fortress Monroe to New York. 

On the evening of the 31st, the day of our arrival, Col. Byrne and 
Dr. Howard visited the ship, and permitted me to leave, requesting how- 
ever, that the Red Cross send another surgeon to take charge of the 
patients. Dr. Frank B. Carpenter, of this city, with two other physicians 
and eight nurses were sent by the Red Cross to take charge of the sick, 
who then numbered about thirty. 

Through the courtesy of Dr. Doty, a number of the ofificers, Mrs. 
Lesser, and myself were taken from the ship that same evening. 

I returned early in the morning, and found that one hundred and 
twenty-five men were able to leave the ship, none of whom needed assist- 
ance. Major Allen still required attendance, and I accompanied him to a 
hospital on Staten Island. Captain Paulding and twenty-five privates who 
bad become ill during the journey, had to remain on board, as they were 
still suffering. 

On the day we left the boat, while at dinner, Major Henry Romeyn, 
in the name of the officers, handed me a document, of which the following 
is a copy : 



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On Board S. S. "Conciio," July 31, 
" The undersigned, OfiScers of the regular army and volunteers on board Government 
Transport Concho en route from Siboney, Cuba, to New York, desire to express to Dr. A. 
M. Lesser and Sisters and Nurses of the Red Cross Society who have had the care of the 
sick officers and men on the said ship, their heart-felt thanks for the kindness and attention 
bestowed by them under very trying circumstances. We know that their labors have been 
arduous and wearing, and are certain that they will be held in grateful remembrance by 
the recipients of their care. 

" We can only add our hope that any persons who may in the future have the good 
fortune to come under their care may appreciate as we do, the services bestowed upon 
them. Signed, 

Henry Romeyn, Capt. and Br. Major, U. S. A. 

W. H. Hughes, Capt. 13th Infantry. 

C. Fred Cook, ist Lieut., ist Reg. Infantry, D. C. Vol. 

John Q. Anderson, Capt. 33d Michigan Vol. 

J. B. McGee, Capt. 13th Infantry. 

Leslie R, Groves, Post Chaplain, U. S. Army. 

Wm. Paulding, Capt. loth U. S. Infantry. 

Matthew Batson, 2d Lieut, gth Cavalry. 

Lyman M. Welch, 2d Lieut. 20th Infantry. 

Ralph R. Stegsdall, 2d Lieut, 2d Artillery. 

Walter S. Volkmar, 2d Lieut. 2d Artillery. 

James H. Pound, ist Lieut. 33d Michigan Vol. 

George S. Young. Capt. 71st Infantry. 

Joseph H. Joubert, Capt. Co. F., 9th Mass., U. S. V. 

Samuel P. Lyon, 2nd Lieut. 25th Infantry. 

Henry J. Allen, Major and A. A. G., U. S. A. 

W. M. Case, 2d Lieut. 33d Michigan. 

G. W. Stevens, Capt. Signal Corps." 

EXPLANATION OF THE CONDITION. 

The distress prevailing on board of the Concho seemed to have occurred 
from several causes, most of all the overcrowding by convalescents who 
had come on board contrary to orders and contrary to our expectation. 
Otherwise, with fewer to attend, the supply of medicine and nourishment 
would not have been so rapidly decreased, and more care could have been 
given to the individual cases. To this cause was due also the insufficiency 
of blankets and mattresses. The other hardships were due either to the 
exigencies of the situation, or causes over which we had no control at 
Siboney. 

WORK IN NEW YORK. 

After I returned to New York, I continued to attend a number of 
officers and men of the regular and volunteer army. Several of them 
were sick at their homes, some were at the Red Cross Hospital, and others 
called at my office. Most of the patients were suffering from diseases 



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contracted in Cuba and had been in hospitals in this city or country. It 
is likely that they had been discharged from the hospitals, the patients be- 
lieving themselves well, when in reality they only had relief during the 
stage of intermission. Among them were quite a number of the sick and 
wounded, whom I met while in the service at Siboney. The number of 
officers and men thus treated in this city to March ist was 173. 

This concluded our Red Cross Hospital work of the Cuban Campaign 
and not including the sixty U. S. soldiers attended by Mozart Monae 
Lesser on the Comal, may be summarized as follows : 

Number of sick and wounded attended by the N. Y. Red Cross Hospital : 

U. S. Army abroad and here 745 

Spanish army and navy at Siboney 44 

Cubans (non-combatants) 14 

Total number 803 

Of which were en route to and from Cuba 180 

At the camp in Cuba 45° 

In this city i73 

Total 803 

These may be divided as follows : 

Number of sick treated on train and ship en route from New York to 

Key West 12 

Number of wounded attended in Army Hospital at Siboney, American .158 

Number of wounded attended at Siboney, Spanish army and navy 23 

Number of sick treated in the various tents of Siboney Camp, U. S. 

Army 11 

Number of sick treated, transient and permanent, at Red Cross Hos- 
pital, Siboney, (U. S. Army) 223 

Number of sick Spanish prisoners in Siboney camp 21 

Number of Cuban non-combatants at the camp 14 

Number of sick and wounded on S. S. Concho, U. S. A 168 

Number of sick treated in this city, U. S. A., (returned from Cuba and 
camps) ^75 

Total 803 

American soldiers attended on the Comal \>y Mozart Monae Lesser. . . 60 
The latter also attended a number of men on the Segurancia under 

direction of Surgeon-Major Vaughn, U. S. V. 

It is not in accordance with the ethics of the Red Cross for an officer 

to criticize the action of any department under which he may be working. 



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No person belonging to the Red Cross Hospital has at any time offered un- 
favorable criticism. The report of the conditions on the Concho was first 
made by civilians on board the ship in telegrams from Hampton Roads. 
When questioned we have answered facts only. 

Before closing, I beg to thank every physician and surgeon whom we 
have met in active service in Cuba for the many courtesies and kindnesses 
which we received from them ; in particular Doctors La Garde, Ireland, 
Fauntleroy, Guiteras, Munson, Nancrede, Parker, Lawrence, Appell, 
Vaughn, Lewis, and Echeverria, and Chaplains Gavitt and Swift. 

I also desire to express our thanks to Mr. Warner, Dr. Hubbell, Mr. C. 
H. Cottrell, and the mates of the crew of the State of Texas for their 
efforts to assist us, and we feel especially grateful to Mr. George Kennan 
for his energetic endeavors in our behalf. 

TO THE NATIONAL RED CROSS RELIEF COMMITTEE. 

As the only Red Cross Hospital represented at the seat of war, we 
desire to make a personal expression of gratitude to the members of the 
National Red Cross Relief Committee and its Auxiliaries for their en- 
couragement and the material assistance they rendered to the National 
Red Cross, through which we were enabled to perform our service. The 
success of the Red Cross in relieving suffering during the war is princi- 
pally due to the efforts of the American National Red Cross Relief Com- 
mittee, and the Executive Committee. 

THE SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS. 

The sick and wounded American soldiers in our charge were respectful, 
obedient, and full of thanks for every attention they received from the 
Sisters. 

The courage which many of the wounded officers and men of the 
United States army have shown when operated upon without anaesthesia, 
was most remarkable. Their unanimous desire to return to the battle- 
field as soon as their wounds were dressed, displayed a valor of which any 
nation might be proud. 

The sick and wounded Spaniards, although at first frightened, soon 
became pacified when we attended them at the camp. They were extrav- 
agant in their expressions of thanks for every little kindness shown them. 

It was pleasing to see the United States soldiers ready to assist in any 
kind of work which had to be done for the wounded Spaniards ; although 
fierce enemies on the battlefield, the men soon recognized that they had 
fought for their country, and should be respected for their patriotism. 

The sickness of the army in Cuba has been attributed to many causes, 
and much stress has been laid on the army rations. Whether the food was 



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good or bad cannot be discussed in this report, but I may state that the 
diseases which I treated in Cuba among the men of the American army 
during the war, differed very little from those I attended in Cuba among 
well fed, as well as poorly fed people, before the war, 

TO THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 

Comment has been made upon the relations between the Army Medi- 
cal Department and the Red Cross. Speaking for the Hospital Depart- 
ment of the Red Cross, I desire to say that we received at all times, and 
in all places both here and in Cuba, the most respectful and courteous 
treatment from every regular army and navy surgeon of all ranks without 
exception, and we can say the same of most of the volunteer surgeons 
with whom we came in contact. 

There never was a war in which the Army Medical Department was 
adequate to the requirements and exigencies during and after a great 
battle. The purpose of the Red Cross Committee is to assist in such 
emergency. The Red Cross Hospital representatives could not have had 
a better example or source of inspiration in their work than the untiring 
zeal and skilful labors of the regular and some of the volunteer surgeons 
of the American army. The good feeling which existed between them 
and the members of the Red Cross Hospital will always be cherished in 
the minds of those concerned. 

In conclusion, I desire to say in behalf of those who worked in Cuba 
in the name of the Red Cross Hospital, that we appreciate to the fullest 
the kindly words of sympathy that have been given to our work by those 
who knew us there and here. As to any incorrect reports that have been 
made, I believe that the inspiration which guided them could only have 
teen due to lack of knowledge of the real conditions. We endeavored at 
all times to act in accordance with the spirit and purposes of the Red 
Cross. We have never sought for commendation of our individual efforts ; 
the knowledge that we have relieved many sick and wounded, and that we 
have had excellent results, is more than ample reward. 

Had the plans of some of the Auxiliaries not been interfered with by 
wrong advice from persons evidently not familiar with modern war outfits 
for the tropics, the arduous labors of these Auxiliaries would have been 
utilized to a far greater extent. 

If we had had in Siboney a number of assistants, and fifty Red Cross 
Sisters instead of six, to make work easy, a tent on clean ground instead 
of an infected house to sleep in, and proper food and water, I feel posi- 
tive we would not have contracted disease, and might have been of more 
service. 

We regretted that our field service was shortened by the attack of 



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fever, and I may emphasize here, that it is not the pain we suffered which 
all of us deplored, but our inability to continue to assist those who still 
needed assistance. We are grateful, however, that we were spared until 
the battles had been fought, and the wounded had all been attended, and 
that we had sufficiently recovered to be able to serve on the voyage to our 
home. 

Respectfully submitted, for the Red Cross Hospital, 

A. MoNAE Lesser, 

Surgeon-in- Chief. 
New York, March 25, 1899.* 

* The term Red Cross as used in this report refers to the Civilian Red Cross only. 

Wherever the statement is made that the State of 7>j:a J supplied material, the amount 
or value of such material has been refunded by the " Relief Committee" to the Cuban 
Relief Committee. Likewise, all supplies provided on the Concho, and all drugs used for 
the care of the sick in New York. 



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REPORT OF THE RED CROSS WORK AT CAMP ALGER 
AND WASHINGTON, D. C. 

On June lo, 1898, I was notified by letter of Geo. Kennan, Esq., 1st 
Vice-President of American National Red Cross, that I had been ap- 
pointed as its representative at Camp Alger, Va., and was requested to 
report to Chief Surgeon Girard regarding the establishment of a station 
at that camp ; to ascertain if anything in the form of hospital supplies 
were needed, and to advise the Executive Committee. 

It was suggested that, as the work to be established at Camp Alger 
was the first step of the Red Cross in the field in connection with the 
Spanish war, prudence and tact should be used in maintaining friendly 
and harmonious relations with the military authorities, especially with the 
surgeons. 

In accordance with my appointment, I visited the War Department 
and obtained a special letter of introduction from Secretary Alger to 
Major-General Graham, commanding at Fort Alger, asking him to give 
me every facility possible in connection with the work undertaken. Gen- 
eral Graham introduced me to Col. Girard, with whom I had a long con- 
ference, the result of which was the establishment of headquarters of the 
Red Cross in the camp, and the settlement of some details as to work 
which was to be done in accordance with the advice and authority of the 
Surgeon in charge. 

I found Col. Girard exceedingly busy, and apparently very sanguine 
as to the ability of the Government to meet all demands that might be 
made by every department of the army. He seemed, however, willing 
that the Red Cross should furnish extra comforts for the men at the camp. 
I was thoroughly impressed with the fact that he considered men who had 
received a regular army education, thoroughly competent to meet the 
situation, and that all supplies could be had as soon as needed ; and that he 
did not want too many comforts for sick men, so as to unfit them for the 
hardships of war. 

On the 2 1 St of June, in accordance with a call issued by me, quite a 
large number of citizens met at the Arlington Hotel, and I was formally 
elected Chairman of an Executive Committee, Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, Vice- 
Chairman ; C. J. Bell, Treasurer ; Geo. C. Lewis, Secretary. Power was 
given to add to this Committee which, as finally constituted, consisted of 



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the following named persons : B. H. Warner, Simon Wolf, Wm. F. Hal- 
tingly, Mrs. J, Ellen Foster, a woman of national reputation and great 
energy, Mrs. Thomas Calver, President of the Legion of Loyal Women, 
Mrs. James Tanner, National President of the Ladies' Union Veteran 
Legion, Mrs. Sarah A. Spencer, Spencerian Business College, Mrs. J. A. 
T. Hull, wife of Representative Hull, Mrs. Ellen S. Mussey, Counsel of 
the American National Red Cross, Mrs. M. M. North, wife of one of our 
Presbyterian clergymen. 

Quite a number of prominent citizens were present at the first meet- 
ing, including Rev, T. S. Hamlin, D. D., Rev. Byron Sunderland, D. D. 

Mrs. Spencer was compelled by other engagements to retire from the 
work of the Executive Committee early in its history, but still remains as 
a member of the General Committee. I want to say for the ladies who 
served on the Executive Committee, that I never saw more devoted, ener- 
getic, and efficient service on any committee, or under any conditions with 
which I have been familiar, than that rendered by them. They were all 
constantly active, at Camp Alger, Fort Meyer, and all along the line, 
at 'all hours, both day and night, wherever their presence seemed to be 
required. They were all exceptionally competent to direct, possessed of 
a high order of ability and intelligence. They deserve not only the thanks 
of your Committee, but also of all who are friendly to the thousands of 
soldiers who were benefited by their administration. 

I have the individual reports of the members of the Committee, all 
giving detailed accounts of what has been accomplished. I would be 
glad to give them all in full, had I not received instructions to make this 
report as brief as possible. 

Mrs. J. Ellen Foster began service at the commencement of the war, 
and was very active in and around Washington in Camp, Hospital, and 
the Railway Relief work. She also visited Camp Wikoff, Camp Black, 
Camp McPherson, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, camp at Huntsville, 
Ala., and the hospitals in New York and Boston where sick soldiers were 
quartered. Her experience gave her opportunities of suggesting improve- 
ments in many departments of work, and the administration of relief, not 
only by the Red Cross, but other organizations as well. 

Capt. Geo. C. Lewis, on the 21st of June, was elected Secretary of the 
Committee. He had been an officer in the Civil War, and had large ex- 
perience among soldiers, both in camp and hospital. His first visit to 
Camp Alger was made on that date, and from that time until the camp 
was discontinued he was constantly on duty there, seeing that supplies 
were furnished and all possible relief extended. His headquarters was a 
large hospital tent from which the flag of the Red Cross was flying ; the 
principal office of the Executive Committee being in Washington, at No. 



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1310 G Street, which was tendered free of charge by Dr. and Mrs. J. Ford 
Thomson, and which the Committee has retained much longer than 
originally anticipated. 

Experienced nurses seemed to be needed at Camp Alger. Patients 
were not receiving the necessary care and attention. The Committee 
supplied mattresses, sheets, pillows and slips, mosquito bars, lemons, and a 
large quantity of medicine, pajamas, under-clothing, nightshirts, handker- 
chiefs, groceries, delicacies, etc. 

The surgeons at the hospitals seemed to be timid about asking the 
Government for supplies. The Surgeon-in-Chief seemed to think that 
the soldiers who were taken sick should be treated in such a manner as 
would inure them to the hardships of camp and the life of a soldier. 
When spoken to on this subject he said : " These men must understand 
that war is not play." Some of the assistant-surgeons said, " It is much 
easier to ask the Red Cross for supplies, and they can be obtained sooner 
than by asking the Government, as there is so much red tape and it takes 
so long to get everything." When kitchens at Camp Alger were inspected 
the food did not appear to be of the right kind, and was not properly 
cooked. The numbers in the hospitals were large, and increasing. Point 
Sheridan, Va., was visited by Mrs. Mussey on July the 29th, and sixteen 
men were found sick. They seemed to be suffering for supplies, especi- 
ally medicine which had been ordered on June 27th, but had not been 
received. The Red Cross delivered them proper medicine within twenty- 
four hours. It was found that each camp hospital must have its regular 
visitors, and different members of the Committee were appointed. Arti- 
cles needed were supplied from headquarters in Washington, and large 
shipments were also sent direct from New York to various points. On 
several occasions underclothes and pajamas were supplied by the hundreds 
within twenty-four hours. 

Early in August the Washington Barracks were made a Post Hospital, 
and the Red Cross aid was gladly accepted by Major Adair, Surgeon in 
charge. For a long time our Committee supplied this point 800 pounds 
of ice, s gallons of chicken soup, 30 gallons of milk, 20 pounds of butter 
daily, as well as two crates of eggs weekly. We also furnished 1200 suits 
of underwear, several hundred suits of pajamas, 500 towels, several 
hundred pairs of slippers, socks, and medicines, antiseptic dressings and 
numerous small articles. The work at this point was closed October 
8th with expressions of mutual satisfaction. 

The Secretary of War gave authority for the establishment of Diet 
Kitchens in the camps near Washington, and Mrs. Mussey, who had taken 
a special interest in this work from the beginning, was given general 
charge of the establishment of the Kitchen, A Diet Kitchen was estab- 



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lished at Camp Bristow, and two competent male colored cooks placed in 
charge. Major Weaver, the Chief Surgeon, and his staff of five surgeons 
were both devoted and competent in their service, and the sick soldiers 
were loud in their praise. 

We found it unnecessary to establish one at the Hospital at the Wash- 
ington Barracks, as arrangements there were so good, and it only seemed 
necessary to furnish fresh soups daily, and the Committee made a contract 
for five gallons per day at cost for material only. 

The Committee authorized Mrs. E. S. Mussey and Mrs. J. A. T. Hull 
to establish a Diet Kitchen at Fort Meyer. Major Davis, Surgeon in 
charge yielded his own wishes to the Secretary of War. As no building 
was furnished, the Committee made a contract for one of a temporary 
character which was put up at a cost, when completed, with range, plumb- 
ing, etc., of about $350.00. Dr. Mary E. Green, President of the National 
Household Economical Association, was secured as Superintendent, and 
in not more than ten days from the time of its commencement the build- 
ing was completed, furnished, and orders being filled. It has been a great 
assistance, not only in furnishing properly cooked food, but invaluable as 
an object lesson in neatness and skilled cooking. 

The Government has voluntarily paid for meat, chicken, and milk, 
leaving the Committee only bills for groceries and wages of employes. 
Dr. Green has rendered such efficient service that she has been employed 
by the Government to establish Diet Kitchens at other points. 

At Fort Meyer nearly four hundred patients were suffering with typhoid, 
and no provision existed for preparing special diet. Canned soup was 
heated and served to those just leaving a strictly milk diet, and the so- 
called chicken broth, which was served wholly unsatisfactorily to both 
physicians and nurses. When the Diet Kitchen was completed, beef, 
mutton, and chicken broth, made fresh daily in the manner best calculated 
to bring out the nutritive value of the meat, were prepared. Mutton broth 
was made from hind-quarters only, and beef broth from solid meat, with 
no waste. Albumen, so necessary to repair the waste of the system by 
fevers, was supplied in the palatable form of rich custards, as ice cream 
and blanc mange — gelatine made into jellies with port and sherry wines — 
and albumen jelly, all of which are nourishing to the irritated linings. 

During the month of September from the 7th inst., 550 orders, aver- 
aging fifteen portions each, or 8250 patients, were filled. Physicians, 
nurses, and patients unite in saying the aid they secured from this work is 
of inestimable value, not only in saving lives, but in hastening the recovery 
of all. Major Davis, as the Surgeon in charge, has expressed his high 
appreciation of the good results obtained by establishing the Kitchen, and 
the methods pursued in conducting it. 



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In response to suggestions from the General Committee in New York 
a Special Committee was sent to Fortress Monroe to meet the first wounded 
who came from the battlefields of El Caney, San Juan, and Guasimas. 
The Surgeon in charge, Dr. DeWitt, stated their immediate needs, and 
supplies were sent one day after they were called for, consisting in part 
of 500 pairs pajamas, 25 pairs of crutches, 200 pairs of slippers, 350 
yards of rubber sheeting, large quantities of antiseptic dressings, 5 dozen 
gallons of whiskey and brandy, 200 cans of soup, granite-ware basins, 
pitchers, dishes, etc. 

Several other visits were made to this point, resulting in the employ- 
ment of additional trained nurses, with proper provision for their mainte- 
nance. Arrangements were also made on behalf of the General Committee 
for supplying ice for the use of troops on board the transports going 
south, and also for the sick on their journey northward. Mr. Bickford 
was afterwards designated to take charge of the work of the Red Cross at 
this point, and so further work on the part of our Committee was unneces- 
sary. The branch of the work which has been really one of the most 
difficult to conduct was in looking after the sick soldiers who passed 
through the city from Southern to Northern camps, and who were also 
going home. There was also such a general demand on the part of the 
men for coffee, bread, and other supplies, and it was so hard to limit our 
service to the sick soldiers alone, that we soon determined to feed not only 
the convalescent, but all who were hungry. Soldiers from the following 
organizations were fed and supplied, the well men receiving bread and 
"butter sandwiches as well as coffee, milk, etc. : 

Parts of the 5th and 6th Artillery, 25th Infantry, two troops of ist 
Cavalry, 12th, i6th, and 17th Infantry, portions of the 8th, 9th, and loth 
Cavalry, all United States troops, and the following volunteer forces : 22d 
Kansas, 3d and 4th Missouri, ist Maine, 2d Tennessee, 7th Illinois, ist, 
Sih, 9th, i2th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 19th Pennsylvania, ist Connecticut, 5th 
Maryland, 2d, 3d, 8th, 9th, 14th, 65th New York, ist and 2d New Jersey, 
two brigades of United States Signal Corps, and detachments from a 
number of other regiments ; in all about 40,000 men. 

Very frequently the Committee furnished handkerchiefs and soap, as 
well as reading matter. The sick were given soup, and milk packed in 
ice, fruit, medicines, etc. Forty-five were removed from the train and 
taken to the hospitals in Washington. We used, in this connection, not 
only the services of trained nurses in the employ of the Red Cross, but Dr. 
Rayne was detailed by the War Department and rendered most efficient 
service, as he was always ready and willing to do everything in his power, 
day or night, for the relief of the sick. 

The War Department ordered for the use of the Committee the erection 



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of two tents in close proximity to our rooms, which were at 915 Maryland 
Avenue. One of these tents was filled with fully equipped cots on which 
the invalids were placed while waiting the arrival of ambulances, and the 
other was used as a general depot for supplies. The War Department 
paid for the bread we used in this work, and also for 4346 loaves furnished 
to the Pension Office Relief Committee, which was engaged in the same 
kind of work. Many donations of food and material were received, and 
about forty thousand men were fed. 

Mrs. James Tanner," who had charge of this work, was also appointed 
a Committee to secure reading matter for the different camps, before the 
Red Cross Committee was organized, and collected several wagon loads 
of books, magazines, and other periodicals, which were sent to Camp Alger, 
Fort Meyer, Point Sheridan, Fort Washington, Chickamauga, Tampa, and 
Santiago. Distribution of this reading matter was also made to the Red 
Cross quarters, 915 Maryland Avenue, and handed to the soldiers who 
passed through the city on trains. 

All bills for ice furnished to Point Sheridan, Va., Washington Barracks, 
and to the Diet Kitchen at Fort Meyer have been paid by the Ice Plant 
Auxiliary, which also furnished the large ice chests for the latter. 

The Legion of Loyal Women, who acted as an Auxiliary for the 
Red Cross Committee, made a large number of mosquito nets, flannel 
bandages, wash-cloths, and pajamas. Besides this, they collected many 
supplies consisting of boxes of oranges, lemons, tea, coffee, jelly, con- 
densed milk, crackers, yeast powder, cocoa, stamps, writing paper,, 
tobacco, fruit, soap, socks, handkerchiefs, towels, nightshirts, under- 
clothes, pajamas, quinine, and other medicine, which were sent to the 
various camps. 

Generous donations of clothing, jellies, cordials, and money were also- 
received from various Auxiliaries of the Ladies' Union Veteran Legion. 

The Red Cross Committee also aided in the establishment of a tempo- 
rary home in this city for returning volunteers. The existence of this 
home was limited to two months. The time will expire November loth,, 
when it will be broken up. It has cared for a daily average of sixty sol- 
diers. The Red Cross assisted by furnishing cots and furniture. 

The total amount expended in the Railway Relief work, in feeding 
men as they passed through the city, was $2637.13. 

Arrangements were also made after this work closed to look after all 
the sick soldiers who came in at the several railroad stations. 

The Treasurer, C. J. Bell, will transmit a full report with vouchers for 
all expenditures. 

Many ladies rendered excellent service in making sheets, pillowcases,, 
mosquito nets, pajamas, bandages, and articles too numerous to mention 



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and volunteer nurses were anxious to go where they could render service 
to the sick and wounded. 

It is gratifying to be able to state that whatever view the surgeons and 
other officers may have had as to the need of the Red Cross at the begin- 
ning of the war, at the close they joined with the private soldiers in testi- 
fying to its wonderful and efficient work. 

Among the principal donations were those from the Lutheran Church 
Society, Hagerstown, Md., consisting of 50 pajamas, 50 suits under- 
clothing, 50 nightshirts, 40 sheets, 250 pairs of socks, 100 towels, 200 
handkerchiefs, 75 rolls of bandages, delicacies, and sundry articles. There 
were, also, contributions of different supplies demonstrating the general 
interest taken in our work. 

There were distributed by this Committee in part, 800 sheets, 500 pil- 
lowcases, Soo suits of pajamas, 1500 suits of underclothing, 1600 abdom- 
inal bandages, 800 pairs of socks, 750 nightshirts, 350 mosquito bars, 100 
rubber sheets, 400 pairs of slippers, 2000 palm-leaf fans, 75 large boxes of 
soap, 150 cots, 250 mattresses, 100 pairs of blankets, 275 pillows, $1000 
worth of groceries, $300 malted milk, $850 soups and bouillons, $725 
medicines and surgical supplies, $250 wines and liquors, and $1050 milk. 

The following supplies were received from the Supply Committee, 
New York : 50 boxes of ivory soap, 50 rubber sheets, 400 suits of under- 
wear, 250 sheets, 250 pillowcases, 250 nightshirts, 200 pairs of slippers, 
500 suits of pajamas, $200 worth of malted milk, beef extract, and Mellin's 
food, $700 worth of canned soups and bouillon, and $6000 cash. 

In closing permit me to thank Vice-President Barton and the Supply 
Committee for prompt and liberal response to every request made for aid 
of any character, and for immediately recognizing the fact that the Com- 
mittee at this point had a work placed upon it very extensive and unique 
in character, and requiring a large outlay of money and service. 

I desire to call your attention to the great service rendered by Mrs. E. 
S. Mussey, who, during the absence of Mrs. Foster and myself from the 
city, acted as Chairman of the Committee, and who for two months gave 
nearly all her time to the performance of the duties devolving upon her. 

The American National Red Cross has rendered services in the Spanish 
war which cannot be estimated, and it has for compensation the grateful 
acknowledgments of thousands whose sufferings have been alleviated 
through its ministrations, and the affectionate regard not only of the 
army and navy, but of the people of America and the civilized world. 
Respectfully submitted, 

B. H. Warner, 
Chairman Executive Committee, American National Red Cross, 

At Washington, D. C. 



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REPORT OF THE RED CROSS FIELD AGENT AT 

FORT Mcpherson, ga. 

On August 3d Mr. Cobb, Agent of the Red Cross came to Fort 
McPherson to see if the work could be organized to advantage at that 
Post for the relief of the many sick. On arrival he found a dietary- kitchen 
conducted by my wife and daughter, Miss Hermoine Nave, at which from 
fifty to sixty invalid soldiers were being fed, some of whom were from the 
body of recruits assembled there, but for the most part convalescents from 
the general hospital. The object of this kitchen was to provide light diet 
for the soldiers in the barracks who were suffering from minor stomach and 
bowel troubles, but who were, according to the custom of the army, not 
sent to hospital, but must depend upon the company messes for food ; and 
to care for the convalescents from typhoid fever and other serious illnesses 
after they were sufficiently advanced in convalescence to be up and out 
from under the care of the nurses, and until they were sufficiently re- 
covered to make it safe for them to take the stronger diet of the general 
mess. This kitchen seemed to be performing such an important function, 
that Mr. Cobb tendered to Mrs. Nave the support and aid of the Red 
Cross. Prior to this time this benevolence had a precarious support from 
such funds as I was able to solicit from friends far and near. The ex- 
penses had at this time reached $60.00 per week, with no guaranty behind 
its bills except my salary, which was not equal to the expenditures them- 
selves. The proffer of Mr. Cobb was very gladly accepted. The Red 
Cross agreed to pay bills already contracted, and to furnish all necessary 
expenses. This enabled Mrs. Nave to double the capacity of her work, 
and from that time until it was closed on the first of October, it ministered 
to the comfort and restoration to health of almost a thousand soldiers, 
to whom she served upwards of 19,000 meals. There is no doubt that 
this gentle and tender ministry saved many lives, as the percentage of 
relapses, ordinarily large in typhoid fever, was very small. The 
total expenditures in this kitchen were $1, 391-77 in cash, besides large 
quantities of supplies furnished, consisting of rice, peas, farina, pearl 
barley, oat meal, and other cereals, bouillon, beef extracts, soups, dried 
fruits, pilot bread, crackers, canned vegetables, tapioca, gelatine, corn 
starch, salt, coffee, sugar, tea, salt meats, canned fruits in all varieties 
pearline, sapolio, soap, etc. 



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During this period, the Red Cross furnished a stenographer to enable 
the Chaplain to communicate with the friends of the many sick in the 
hospital at that post. The number of sick cared for in that hospital was 
upwards of 2000. During the summer the Chaplain wrote letters for 
soldiers, and to friends in response to inquiries concerning them. 

There were supplied to the sick thirteen dozen pairs of drawers, thirteen 
dozen shirts, and as many pairs of socks, many dozens of combs, tooth 
brushes, and other little comforts that the sick could not procure, and 
which were not furnished to them by the Government. 

The Red Cross furnished seven nurses, who rendered competent and 
faithful services in caring for the large number of sick men sent to that 
hospital, at a cost of upwards of $400.00, one of whom still remains 
rendering acceptable and useful service. The rest have for the most part 
returned to college, being students who entered the Red Cross service 
during the summer. 

The importance of this work as a supplement to that done by the 
Government for the relief of the sick cannot be overstated. An institu- 
tion deals with people by masses. A hospital, especially a large institution, 
such as an army general hospital, deals with the sick by masses. Much 
must be left to subordinates, many of whom have little or no experience in 
caring for the sick. The system is devised for the many — but where many 
are sick a percentage of the patients cannot regain health without special 
care. The work done by the Red Cross at Fort McPherson was that which 
■could not be done effectually by institutional methods. Furthermore, the 
spirit of those who acted in its behalf did so solely from philanthropic mo- 
tives. They, therefore, brought elements to their work that employees too 
often lack, elements of gentleness and love. Two thousand soldiers from 
two thousand homes in the United States live to-day to love and honor 
the Red Cross in memory of the helping hand lent them in the hospital 
at Fort McPherson in the war with Spain. 

The total expenditures in cash in the benevolent work at Fort 
McPherson to October ist, amounted to $2242.70. 

Orville J. Nave, 
Post Chaplain, U. S. Army, Field Agent. 



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REPORT OF REV. ALEXANDER KENT, FIELD AGENT 
RED CROSS, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. 

October lo, 1898. 

I arrived in Jacksonville, June i6th, in company with Miss Clara 
Barton, then on her way to Key West. We visited Camp Cuba Libre in 
the afternoon, and I had the great advantage of being presented by Miss 
Barton to several officers as the representative of the Red Cross at this 
point. 

On the following morning I visited the hospital, and found what ap- 
peared to me to be very unhealthful and distressing conditions. The 
number of patients at that time was small, but few as they were, no 
adequate provision had been made for their comfort. Most of them 
were indeed on cots, but few had either sheets or nightshirts to cover 
their nakedness. They were either lying in soiled underclothing, swelter- 
ing in the heat under army blankets, or destitute of any covering whatever. 
I immediately ordered 100 sheets, 100 pillowcases, and 100 pillow-ticks, 
which the surgeon said they could readily have filled with moss and pine 
needles. By the time this need was met, I learned that the sick had no 
suitable food, so my next business was to secure a supply of this. I had 
no sooner begun this work than I had to face the fact that they had no 
means of cooking this food, and no place in which to care for it, and keep 
it cool and sweet when prepared. So I purchased a large Blue Flame oil 
stove and a No. 6 Alaska ice chest. I soon learned that the patients were 
suffering for an adequate supply of ice, and made suitable provisions 
therefor. But adequate provision for one week was no adequate pro- 
vision for the next. Patients came into the hospital in ever-increasing 
numbers ; cots, sheets, pillows, and pillow-cases had to be doubled and 
trebled and quadrupled as the weeks went by. The Government provided 
many sheets, many cots, and many pillows, but the demand ever outran 
the supply, and the Red Cross was called on continually to supply the lack. 
In the matter of ice, milk, eggs, lemons, malted milk, peptonoids, clam 
bouillon, beef extract, calf's foot jelly, gelatine, corn-starch, tapioca, con. 
densed milk, rice, barley, sugar, butter, and delicacies of all kinds, the 
Government made no provision, neither did the hospital from its ration 
fund. All supplies of this sort were furnished the hospital by the Red 
Cross, or by other charitable or beneficent agencies. So far as I have 



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been able to learn, no use was made of the ordinary ration fund in the 
Jacksonville hospitals. 

With the growth of the hospital there came ever-increasing demands 
for ice and milk, for delicacies of every sort, and for all comforts and con- 
veniences that tend to make hospital work not only more pleasant but 
more effective. Early in the history of the second division hospital, the 
Red Cross paid the bills for a bath house and a kitchen ; it furnished also 
the large circular wall tent for convalescents. It gave over a hundred cots 
and mattresses, and nearly a thousand pillows. Of sheets and pillowcases, 
nightshirts and pajamas, it sent out many thousands. We not only dis- 
tributed a large number sent from New York ; boxes were sent to us from 
St. Augustine, from Augusta, Ga., from Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and 
from the District of Columbia. 

Few people have any conception of the enormous quantity of such arti- 
cles required to keep a hospital with five hundred to seven hundred 
patients in good running order. So often are these things soiled that there 
must be, at least, three or four sets to each cot. When there are three or 
four hospitals, with an aggregate sick list of from fifteen hundred to two 
thousand, the number of sheets and pillowcases, of nightshirts and 
pajamas required to keep the beds of the patients presentable is simply 
tremendous. Of course the Government has supplied the greater number 
of sheets and pillowcases, nightshirts and pajamas. In none of these 
things has the supply ever quite equalled the demand. At the present 
time the cry of need is almost as loud as ever. 

When the recuperating hospital was established at Pablo Beach, the 
Red Cross, at the request of the Chief Surgeon, supplied two hundred and 
fifty sets of dishes, with a complete outfit of pitchers, trays, buckets, 
and many other things. It has contributed to the diet kitchens of 
all the hospitals, and has supplied the hospitals themselves with many 
articles of convenience and comfort. It had fifty large ice-chests manu- 
factured, and placed one in each ward of the principal hospitals. It gave 
over seven hundred buckets for the carrying of offal, and furnished 
screens for the use of the nurses. It gave bed pans and urinals in large 
numbers, tumblers by the barrel, medicine glasses, graduated glasses, 
hypodermic syringes and needles. Of the latter we learned that there was 
not a single one in the hospital at the time we were called on. Scores of 
men had been obliged to receive their hypodermic injections from a 
broken point, suffering greatly from the operation and subsequent 
results. The Red Cross has furnished over $1000 worth of medicines not 
on the government list, besides malted milk, peptonoids, peptomangin, 
peptogenic milk powder, maltine, and a large shipment of medicines sent 
from New York. It has supplied over one thousand bath and surgical 



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sponges, and towels in immense quantities. In short, with the exception 
of tents, cots, blankets, and to a considerable extent, sheets furnished by 
the Government, the Red Cross up to September ist, furnished the greater 
part of the hospital equipment. As the several heads of divisions have 
said to me again and again, " The hospitals never could have equipped 
themselves. They would have broken down utterly without the aid of 
the Red Cross." 

It has spent here over thirteen thousand dollars in cash for hospital 
equipment and supplies of various kinds, including ice and milk, in addi- 
tion to the large quantities of goods sent from New York, the value of 
which we do not know. And with all this, the need has not been met as 
fully or as promptly as it should have been. The number of the sick in- 
creased greatly beyond the expectations of the officers in charge, and at 
no time has the supply been equal to the demand. Even now, when the 
Government has allowed sixty cents per day for each patient in the hos- 
pital, and has recently so extended the order as to include regimental a& 
well as division hospitals, there is still continuous appeal to the Red Cross 
for a great variety of things which those in charge of the hospital fund do 
not feel warranted in buying, and most of the regiments have not yet 
gotten their hospitals in shape to ask for anything. As they are to move 
to Savannah in a few days, they will not be in condition to draw any 
money for weeks to come. It seems a pity, therefore, that your Committee 
tied our hands just at this time, when such action bears with peculiar 
hardship upon the sick in regimental hospital and in quarters. I have 
omitted to state that a most important part of the work of the Red Cross 
here has been the supplying of ice for the purpose of cooling the drinkmg 
water of the camps. Our ice bills for camp and hospitals, at an average 
of thirty-five cents per hundred have been over six thousand dollars^ 
the second division hospital alone often consuming from four to five and 
a half tons a day. Our milk bills were also large, averaging for some 
time over five hundred dollars a week, at a cost of forty cents a gallon. 

Our relations with both army and medical officials have been, on the 
whole, harmonious and pleasant. Some little feeling arose over my atti- 
tude in regard to the necessity of female nurses, but as the issue has 
abundantly shown the soundness of my contention, that has pretty much 
passed away. Our hospitals have been far from ideal, but I believe they 
have been the best in the country, and perhaps none have realized their 
shortcomings and defects more than the men charged with their adminis- 
tration. It is not an easy matter to select even from an American army 
a sufficient number of reliable and capable men for so large and complex 
an institution, and incapacity and infidelity at any point is liable not only 
to bring most serious results, but to throw discredit on the whole institu- 



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tion. Doubtless many things have been done that should never have been 
permitted, and many left undone that constitute a record of what ought to 
be criminal neglect, yet they can only be avoided by men of the highest 
ability and largest experience, working with trained subordinates and with 
every facility for successful endeavor. It has not been possible to secure 
such in any one of the hospitals. The men in charge have been obliged 
to use such materials as they could get, and often the commanding officers 
of the regiments, when asked for a detail for hospital work, have given 
them the very poorest material they had. I am disposed therefore, to 
have pretty large charity for the surgeon-in-charge. He has a most diffi- 
cult task, and at the very best can only hope for moderate success. Ideal 
results he can never secure. 

October nth. 
Since the writing of the foregoing we have received a check for two 
thousand dollars, and also notice that on the 8th there were shipped to us 
25 cases large size Horlick's milk, 50 cases Burnham's clam bouillon, 25 
cases of lunch crackers. This was something of a surprise, coming as it 
did, after your letter of instructions to close up as rapidly as possible, and 
seems to contemplate our continuance in the field for some little time 
to come. I believe, however, that this is wise, and that we will be able 
to use these articles to great advantage. 

Yours very truly, 

Alex. Kent, 

Field Agent 



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REPORT OF WORK AT CAMP HOBSON, GA. 

At Camp Hobson, Lithia Springs, Ga., a Diet Kitchen was main- 
tained, under the direction of Miss Junia McKinley, assisted by the 
Atlanta Committee of the Red Cross, of which the following account is 
received • 

" The Diet Kitchen was opened here on Monday, August 9, and remained 
in operation three weeks, at the expiration of which time the camp broke 
up. During the first week after the kitchen was established, when detach- 
ments from the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-fifth reg- 
iments were in camp, 1176 meals were served. The next week orders 
were received for the removal of the Eighth and part of the other regi- 
ments to Montauk Point, consequently the number of convalescents was 
reduced, but during the second and third week 2066 meals were served, 
making a total of 3242 meals served at the table and in the hospital dur- 
ing the time the kitchen was in operation. The meals were furnished to 
convalescents in the hospital, men relieved from duty but not sick enough 
to be in the hospital, and to the hospital corps. The table meals consisted 
of the following : For breakfast, cereals, coffee, tea, fresh milk, eggs, 
toast, bread, and butter. For dinner, soups, bouillons, rice and milk, eggs, 
crackers, bread and fresh milk, coffee, California fruits (canned), wine, 
jelly, or simple dessert. Supper was the same as breakfast, with the ad- 
dition of stewed fruit. To patients in hospital, beef tea (made from fresh 
beef as well as extracts), soft-boiled eggs, cream toast, and fresh milk was 
served at regular hours. 

" The only paid help were two men and one woman ; the latter lived near 
the camp and reported for duty at first meal call and remained until din- 
ing tent and kitchen were in order. The other work in kitchen was grat- 
uitously done by Atlanta members of Red Cross Society, assisted by Mrs. 
Edward H. Barnes, Miss Loulie Gordon Roper (niece of Gen. J. B. Gor- 
don), Miss Emmie McDonnell, Miss Estelle Whelan, Mrs. George Boykin 
Saunders, all of Atlanta, and the ladies from Sweetwater Park Hotel, who 
came over daily from the hotel, about half a mile distant from camp, and 
assisted in serving table meals, also in carrying delicacies to hospitals and 
distributing flowers among the patients. 

" It affords us pleasure to acknowledge the uniform courtesy of the army 



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officials, especially the commandant, Major Thomas Wilhelm, Chief Sur- 
geon Major E. L. Swift, Assistant-Surgeons Street, Bale, and Johnson, and 
Lieutenant Norman, Quartermaster. Major Wilhelm had our kitchen 
built and fly tent for dining hall put up in a few hours after our arrival, de- 
tailed men to help whenever needed in kitchen, and with finest courtesy 
assured us of his appreciation of what was being done to add to the com- 
fort of his sick and convalescent men. 

" Besides the regular kitchen work at Camp Hobson, the Red Cross fur- 
nished for a short time to the hospitals one special nurse (Miss McKinley), 
and one trained nurse (Miss McLain), who remained until our last 
patients were sent to Fort McPherson General Hospital, and went with 
them in the hospital train, ministering to their wants until they were trans- 
ferred to their respective wards there. In this connection we think proper 
to state that many of our Camp Hobson patients now in Fort McPherson 
Hospital, one of the best equipped and best managed hospitals in the 
country, assure us they can never forget the unfailing kindness of Chief 
Surgeon Swift and assistants, the faithful care of their Red Cross nurses, 
and the delicacies furnished by the diet kitchen at Camp Hobson. 

" The Red Cross having authorized Miss McKinley to furnish anything 
necessary for the sick, medicines, fine whiskey, and hospital supplies were 
ordered by telephone from Atlanta, as there was some delay in shipment 
of Government supplies ; the orders were promptly filled, and proved im- 
portant factors in improving hospital wards. Clothing was furnished to 
some of the Camp Hobson men who were left behind and could not draw 
needed articles of clothing as their " descriptive lists " had not been fur- 
nished. When the Twenty-first regiment left for the North coffee was 
served on the train to the entire regiment in second section. Most of the 
ice used after the Diet Kitchen was established was furnished by Auxiliary 
No. lo. Thanks are due G. F. Matthews & Co., of New York, who wrote 
that they would furnish all the tea needed in the kitchen, but as the camp 
•was about to break up, their kind offer was not accepted. 

" Special thanks are due to H. W. Blake, manager of Sweetwater Park 
Hotel at Lithia Springs, for many courtesies extended ; when our milkman 
was late, or our groceries (ordered from Atlanta) were delayed, he fur- 
nished fresh milk and eggs for the patients until our supplies arrived. 
Mrs. Blake sent daily from the beautiful hotel gardens flowers for hos- 
pitals and dining tables, also for distribution in hospital trains before leav- 
ing Camp Hobson. 

" In conclusion, we can venture to assure you that while the time of our 
•work at Camp Hobson was short, great good was accomplished, the im- 
provement of convalescents who took meals at the kitchen was very rapid, 
owing to the well-prepared and nourishing food furnished them. The 



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surgeons, as well as hospital stewards, were much gratified at marked im- 
provement in hospital wards after the arrival of Red Cross nurses. 

" Upon the departure of every hospital train, we served iced milk to 
fever patients, milk toast to those not restricted to liquid diet, and sup- 
plied milk and stimulants for their journey. We thank the Red Cross foi 
the privilege of assisting in their relief work for our soldiers at Camp 
Hobson, whose appreciation for all that was done for them was unbounded 
and their gratitude a delight to those who ministered to their wants." 

(Signed) JUNIA McKinley. 



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REPORT OF RED CROSS FIELD AGENT AT CAMP 
THOMAS, GA. 

Camp George H. Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga., 

November 24, 1898. 

I left New York June 28th, arriving here June 30th, and immediately 
reported for duty to Dr. Chas. R. Gill, Field Agent. 

The Supply Depot, a rough wooden building sixty by twenty feet, and 
called a " shack " in this section of the country, had been located in the 
midst of a beautiful grove of black walnuts. 

The park regulations regarding the felling of trees being very strict, 
the carpenter was compelled to build around three of the trees, so that 
the trunks projected through the roof, the branches affording a grateful 
shade during the hot summer. Twenty feet of the front part of the house 
were partitioned off and converted into an office and sleeping quarters. 
The depot was situated near the junction of the Lafayette and Brotherton 
roads, and next to the historic Brotherton House, in a central part of the 
park. A better location for our purpose could not have been selected. 

On July 5th Dr. Gill received telegraphic instructions from you to 
proceed to Tampa and to turn over the agency to me. He left the same 
night, after introducing me to the Chief Medical Officer and other officials. 

Acting upon the advice of Lieut.-Col. A. Hartsuff, Chief Surgeon, I 
proceeded to make the acquaintance of the surgeons commanding the five 
Division Hospitals, and the Leiter General Hospital, with the object of 
ascertaining their needs, and relieving them. Without an exception I was 
received in the most cordial manner, and every facility was given me to 
gain the information desired. 

The most pressing need was for milk and ice. The milk problem was 
the hardest one to solve, the ice problem the easiest. After consulting 
with the Commanding Surgeon of each hospital and estimating the quantity 
of ice needed per day I had only to give him an order on the ice company 
and the ice was delivered to the hospital wagon at the ice house every day. 
As the summer advanced and the hospitals began to be crowded with 
patients, the demand for ice became greater and the quantities given had 
to be increased, so that at one time the quantity of ice issued by the Red 
Cross amounted to over six tons per day. The number of sick in the 



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"hospitals increased from 2240 on July 22nd to 4950 on August 20th, and 
the quantities of milk and ice had to be increased proportionately. During 
the period the five Division Hospitals, viz : ist Division, ist Corps; 2nd 
Division, ist Corps ; 3d Division, ist Corps ; ist Division, 3d Corps ; 
and 2d Division, 3d Corps ; the Leiter General Hospital, the Artillery 
Brigade Hospital, and a number of Regimental Hospitals were being sup- 
plied with ice, and every demand for an increased quantity was promptly 
investigated and invariably approved and issued. During the two busy 
months of July and August it was a physical impossibility for me to per- 
sonally visit all the regimental hospitals, scattered as they were over a 
wide expanse of territory ; but I notified the regimental surgeons that any 
requisition for ice or any other supplies we had signed by the Surgeon, 
Chaplain, or any other officer would be promptly filled, and invited them 
to call at the Supply Depot and inspect our stock. In some cases the 
reply was that their regimental fund was sufficient to buy ice needed ; but 
many availed themselves of my offer. I can therefore safely say that no 
hospital in the camp was without sufficient ice for all needs. Only two 
cases were brought to my notice and they were promptly remedied. 

In addition to the use of ice in the hospitals, a barrel of distilled ice 
water was constantly on tap at our milk depot, which was built near the 
R.R. Station and ice house. Many a thirsty soldier enjoyed a glass of 
pure ice water there. 

MILK. 

To get a sufficient quantity of good, pure milk and deliver it to the hos- 
pitals in good condition so it would keep sweet until it was all used was a 
difficult task during the hot and sultry weather of July and August. Con- 
tracts were made at Marietta and Dalton, Ga., at Nashville, Tenn., 
and with farmers in the vicinity of Chattanooga and the Camp. I was also 
fortunate enough to secure forty-eight gallons of pasteurized Jersey milk 
daily, from the celebrated Biltmore, N. C, Dairies and at a lower price de- 
livered than from any other source. All the milk purchased was tested 
with the lactometer, and was up to the standard ; but in spite of every 
care, occasional complaints of milk souring were made. These were 
promptly investigated and if the fault was found to lie with the milkman, 
he was cautioned and on a second offence his contract was cancelled. 
Sometimes the stewards were found to be negligent in caring for the 
milk, but these faults were promptly corrected by the surgeons. 

RED CROSS MILK DEPOT. 

In order to prevent the souring of the milk, I had built a small build- 
ing near the railroad station, where I could receive the milk and put it in 



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a refrigerator until called for by the hospital wagons. This plan worked 
to perfection, and no more complaints were made. 

The Milk Depot served an excellent purpose during the breaking up 
of the camp, by supplying milk in good condition at any hour of the day 
or night to departing hospital trains. 

At this time over 300 gallons of milk per day were being furnished to 
the hospitals, and there was a great demand from officers' messes and in- 
dividual soldiers for good pure milk. Many irresponsible pedlers and 
some miscreants miscalled milkmen, in a hurry to make their fortunes, 
were selling all kinds of slop, called milk, to the soldiers, making them sick. 
I found these pedlers were buying skimmed milk from the separators in 
Chattanooga for 7 cents a gallon and retailing it in camp to the soldiers 
at five cents a small glass. These facts I reported to the Chief Surgeon, 
Colonel John Van R. Hoff, and to the Provost Marshal, Col. Whipple, and 
proposed to them to retail pure tested milk to the soldiers from our depot 
at five cents per large glass. The plan met with their cordial approval, and 
the Provost Marshal went so far as to ask me to take charge of the whole 
milk business at the Park, and offered to have all milk pedlers report to 
me every morning if I would inspect the milk they had for sale. Owing to 
my many duties, I was unable to accept this charge ; but I tested milk 
whenever and wherever possible, and had the satisfaction of getting sev- 
eral permits revoked. The Provost Marshal was also supplied with a 
lactometer, and one was always kept at the Milk Depot. 

This Milk Depot was operated without any expense to me through an 
arrangement made with a reliable man who attended to receiving and de- 
livering the hospital milk, and doing all the other work at the depot in 
return for the profits on the retailing of milk by the glass. The only thing 
I paid for was the ice for our barrel of free distilled ice water which 
was kept constantly on tap. The Red Cross Milk Depot was pronounced 
a positive boon by officers and privates alike, the general verdict being 
that it was the only place in camp where a glass of pure milk could be 
had. 

Medicines and medical supplies not on the medical list of the army, 
or not obtainable immediately, were furnished the hospitals from our sup- 
plies. If not on hand, and where the need was urgent, I telegraphed for 
them and received goods from New York by return express. In all cases 
my requisitions were promptly filled and shipped by the Supply Commit- 
tee in New York. I can not too highly praise their promptness and 
efficiency. The method of furnishing these medicines and all other sup- 
plies was by requisitions signed by the Commanding Surgeon, or some 
other officer detailed for the purpose. To enumerate the hst of supplies 
furnished would take too much space in this report. They consisted 



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mainly of delicacies for the sick, including wines, jellies, cereals, white 
sugar, barley, rice, flavoring extracts, oranges, lemons, etc. ; hospital sup- 
plies such as foot-tubs, pails, bed pans, bed trays, screens, clinical ther- 
mometers, hypodermic and other syringes, rubber rings, gasoline and oil 
stoves, sheets, blankets, pillowcases, nightshirts, pajamas, slippers, bed 
pads, mops, cots, etc. Our list of medicines included opium, pare- 
goric, laudanum, salol, sub-gallate bismuth, calomel and soda, sulfonal, 
trional, and many others. Not one requisition for supplies was ever re- 
fused ; many things were asked for that had to be bought in Chattanooga, 
or, if not obtainable there, were telegraphed or written for to the Supply 
Depot in New York ; but every want expressed was supplied. The total 
number of requisitions filled was three hundred and seventy, distributed as 
follows : 

Second Division Third Corps Hospital 4° 

First " " " " 40 

Eighth New York Regimental " 37 

JFirst Division First Corps Hospital 35 

Third " •' " '' 31 

Second " " " " 26 

Sternberg Field Hospital 25 

-Second Arkansas Regimental Hospital 20 

Leiter General Hospital 15 

(Including one car load of supplies sent direct from New York 
Supply Depot.) 

Grigsby's Rough Riders Hospital 12 

Fourteenth Minnesota Regimental Hospital 11 

Ninth New York Regimental Hospital 8 

158th Indiana " " 8 

Fourteenth New York Regimental Hospital 6 

Sixth United States Volunteers Regimental Hospital 5 

Artillery Brigade Hospital 4 

Epworth League Chattanooga Hospital 3 

(Besides paying bill for supplies purchased in Chattanooga 
amounting to $41.10.) 

First Illinois Cavalry Hospital 3 

Third Tennessee Regiment 3 

Tirst Missouri Regimental Hospital 3 

First Mississippi " " 3 

Third Kentucky " " 3 

Fifth Missouri " " 2 

J^irst Pennsylvania " " 2 



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First Kentucky Cavalry Hospital , 2 

Second Kentucky Infantry 
Fifth Illinois 
Second Ohio " 

Fourth Pennsylvania *' 
First Arkansas " 

Thirty-first Michigan " 
Second Kentucky Cavalry 
First Kentucky Infantry 
Teamsters 



SHIPPED TO ANNISTON, ALABAMA. 

First Division Third Corps Hospital r 

Second " " " " 2 

Second Arkansas Regimental " 2 

TO KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. 
Second Division First Corps Hospital i 

TO LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. 

Third Division First Corps Hospital i 

STERNBERG HOSPITAL. 

During the latter part of July the number of sick in the hospitals began 
to increase so rapidly as to seriously overcrowd them, and it became 
apparent to the medical authorities that more room for the sick was 
needed immediately. It was decided to build and equip a new field hos- 
pital with a capacity of five hundred beds, and work was begun at 
once. In this emergency (and it was a grave one) the aid of the Red Cross 
was proffered and thankfully accepted by the medical department of the 
army. Acting under your instructions, " Supply everything needed 
unstinted," I conferred with Chief-Surgeon Hoff and Major R. Emmett 
Giffen, in charge of the new hospital, and, working harmoniously in con- 
cert with these gentlemen, Sternberg Hospital was ready to receive and 
care for sick soldiers early in August. I had built eight large wooden 
dormitories for our Red Cross women nurses, one dining hall and kitchen, 
one bath-house, containing 12 bath-rooms, one store-house, one ice-house, 
a large dining tent, a recreation tent for the nurses, and several small tents 
for use of the servants. 

Everything possible was done to make the nurses comfortable and to 
keep them in good health and to make their stay as pleasant as the 
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The results obtained at Sternberg Hospital proved what we had always 
contended to be correct, namely : That the trained woman nurse is 
not only a success in army field hospitals, but that she is indispensable 
for the proper nursing of sick soldiers and the successful operation of 
a hospital. This conclusion will, I believe, be approved by every medical 
man who saw our Red Cross nurses at work in Sternberg Hospital. Dur- 
ing the latter part of August there were one hundred and sixty Red Cross 
nurses on duty ; the strict propriety of their conduct, their gentle, womanly 
ways in the sick wards, and their unselfish devotion to duty endeared 
them to all with whom they came in contact. It was largely through their 
efforts that Sternberg Hospital was made a success ; no one realized this 
so much as the surgeons in charge. 

During the latter part of August and early in September the troops 
were moved away from Chickamauga Park and all the patients in the 
various hospitals who were able to be moved were taken in other camps on 
hospital trains. The Red Cross assisted in supplying these trains with 
ice, milk, and other supplies, and followed this by shipment of supplies to 
the hospitals at Knoxville, Tenn., Lexington, Ky., and Anniston, Ala. 

EPWORTH HOSPITAL. 

Some charitable ladies of Chattanooga, Tenn., established a hospital in 
that city, about the time of the abandonment of Camp Thomas, with 
the object of caring for sick soldiers en route for their homes. They 
did excellent work, in which I was able to assist them by furnishing 
supplies from the Red Cross stores. 

On September 12th I was taken down with typhoid fever and removed 
to Lookout Mountain, where I received the very best nursing and atten- 
tion from two Red Cross nurses sent from Sternberg Hospital, assisted by 
my wife who came down from New York to take care of me. Assistant- 
Surgeon John C. Greenwalt and Major E- C. Carter, Commanding Leiter 
General Hospital, kindly looked after my case and it was to their medical 
skill and the excellent nursing of my wife and of Misses Duncan and 
Robinson that I owe my recovery. During the time of my illness, from 
September 1 2th to October 17th, my brother, A. M. Smith, who volunteered 
for the purpose, attended to Red Cross affairs at Camp Thomas in a 
highly satisfactory manner. I resumed my duties October 17th. In 
November I received instructions from you to settle up the business and 
report to you in New York. I have disposed of all perishable supplies and 
immovable property and leave here to-night. 

E. C. Smith, 

Field Agent. 



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TO THE NATIONAL RED CROSS RELIEF COMMITTEE. 

REPORT BY HOWARD TOWNSEND, 

A member of the Executive Committee, of his work as Field Agent in 
charge of the interests of the Red Cross at Camp Wikoff, Montauk 
Point, during August, September, and October, 1898. 

About the first of August, 1898, the Government of the United States 
hastily decided to move the Fifth Corps of the Army under General 
Shafter before Santiago, to a camp to be formed at Montauk Point, at the 
eastern end of Long Island. 

Major-General S. B. M. Young, U. S. V., was directed to repair at 
once to that point and to construct the camp. Col. Fonvood, Assistant 
Surgeon-General, was directed by the Surgeon-General to proceed to 
Montauk Point and there establish a temporary tent hospital of five 
hundred beds. Both these gentlemen reached their station August 5th. 

Montauk Point is an upland about eight miles in length, by three to 
four miles in width ; which rises (as if it had been originally an island) 
from the sand plain or beach west of it which connects it with the rest of 
Long Island. Speaking in a general way, it may be said that Camp Wikoff 
occupied the southwestern corner of Montauk Point. 

As soon as the decision of the Government in regard to the formation 
of this camp became known, the Executive Committee of the National 
Red Cross Relief Committee realized how much need there would be of 
Red Cross work, not merely at the hospitals, but among the regimental 
camps. In view of the treatment of the Red Cross agents at some of the 
camps during the earlier part of the summer by those in authority, it 
seemed advisable that one of the Executive Committee should volunteer 
his services as Field Agent. As the writer's summer home is at Southamp- 
ton, twenty-five miles west of Montauk, it seemed to him clearly to be his 
duty to take the position, and when Mr. Douglas Robinson broached the 
subject Saturday, August 5th, he was told that the writer had already 
decided to take charge of the work. At the time it was thought that the 
agent need not spend his entire time at the new camp, but could make 
visits there every day or so and leave the burden of the work to fall upon 
a responsible deputy. One day, however showed that it was not only 



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necessary for the agent to be there every day, but that he should keep 
himself unmistakably busy during every working hour. 

Sunday, August 6th, I went to Montauk by the noon train, and at the 
railroad station was introduced to General Young and Col. Forwood. At 
that time there was not the slightest evidence of a camp. The only 
strange object was the huge boiler which was intended for the pump house 
to be built at the well then in process of being driven near Fort Pond. 
This boiler had been drawn half way to the site of the well when the 
wagon broke down, and it lay half in the pond and half out of it — a most 
discouraging looking object. 

Owing to the thoughtfulness of Mr. Douglas Robinson, Col. Brown, 
Medical Purveyor, U. S. A., had telegraphed to Col. Forwood introducing 
me to him, and this, with a telegram of Mr. Baldwin, President of the Long 
Island Railroad, caused him to receive me with courtesy, to talk freely 
with me, and to express his willingness to allow the Red Cross to help 
him in supplying the delicacies which were not furnished by the Govern- 
ment. I could see, however, that the amount of help which he expected 
was very limited, and his astonishment when, two days afterward we 
heaped up twenty-five tons of supplies in the small quarters allotted to us 
in the General Hospital was amusing to witness. The one hospital tent 
which he had given to us was immediately extended to three, and before 
our work was ended we were occupying a long gallery formed of eight 
hospital tents, each fourteen feet six inches by fourteen feet in size. After 
this talk with Col. Forwood, I had a conversation of some length with 
General Young. The question of the sufficiency of the water-supply 
weighed heavily upon his mind. There was considerable doubt as to 
whether sufficient water could be found, and the stratum of large boulders 
just underneath the surface of the soil so blunted the tubes of the well 
drivers that it was very difficult to go through it. Fortunately, our Chair- 
man, Mr. Wardwell, in a conversation with me a day or two before, had 
authorized me to say that we were prepared to supply the army with drink- 
ing water if necessary. I immediately made this offer to General Young, 
stating that on the basis of two quarts of water per man per day, the Red 
Cross would supply General Shafter's entire Corps until a sufficient water- 
supply was found. General Young seemed perfectly staggered by this 
offer, and, as a matter of fact, it was a pretty large one ; but when I repeated 
it he assured me that I had taken a load off his mind, and twice in our 
conversation before we parted he spoke of how this offer of the Red Cross 
had lightened the difficulty of his situation, for unquestionably his task was 
a tremendous one. Troops had already started from Tampa ; transports 
were expected to sail from Santiago at any time, and as yet the lumber had 
not arrived for the framework of the tents, or for the storehouses, and 



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there was a lamentable lack of carpenters. It was absolutely uncertain 
when the water would be found sufficient for the supply of the twenty 
thousand men who were expected, and a failure in this respect meant a 
situation so serious as not to be thought of. 

My conversation with General Young was the beginning of a pleasant 
acquaintance which soon ripened into friendship. Within an hour after 
we had first met, General Young told me that a cottage had been placed 
at his disposal by Mr. W. L. Andrews, of New York, to be used as head- 
quarters, and, learning that I expected to bring down some servants within 
a day or two, he invited me to join with him in keeping house, an offer 
which I gladly accepted, and from that time until he left Camp Wikoff to 
take command of the First Division of the Second Army Corps at Camp 
Meade, General Young was the best and warmest friend that the Red 
Cross had. He was one of the first generals to realize its true use ; that 
it was an elastic department of the army, untrammelled by any rigid rules 
or regulations, supplied practically with an unlimited amount of money, 
and capable of furnishing anything at the shortest possible notice. After 
being assured that the Red Cross was subject to his directions, he always 
treated its representative as an officer of his staff, not hesitating to issue 
orders whenever he thought that the thing desired was within the lines of 
the Society's work. 

Until its field representatives occupy an official or semi-official position 
with relation to the commanding officer at any locality, the Red Cross will 
only show half its usefulness. It was under orders from him that the Red 
Cross had principal charge of the feeding of the troops on the transport 
Mobile which arrived August 19th, with twelve hundred well men and 
three hundred sick on board, all of whom had been without food since the 
night before. 

On the 9th of August several companies of the 6th Cavalry which had 
been left at Tampa arrived at Montauk. They had been a week on the 
journey from Florida and were thoroughly tired out. Twenty of their 
sick men, suffering from typhoid fever, spent the first night at Montauk on 
the grass near the site of the General Hospital, in a drenching rain without 
any other covering than their wet blankets. Next day tents were erected 
and they lay in them on their blankets on the grass. 

The one serious fault in connection with Camp Wikoff was the failure 
on the part of the representative of the Surgeon-General to realize the 
gravity of the situation. He should have seen at once that it was impossi- 
ble to send here and there up and down Long Island picking up carpen- 
ters, and to rely on the few wagons of the quartermaster's department to 
haul the lumber for the tent frames and floorings. Had he seen at once 
the necessities of the situation he would have arranged with] some promi- 



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nent New York contractor to go down on a steamboat with one or two or.^ 
if necessary, five hundred carpenters and a sufficient amount of material to 
build within a week not merely the General Hospital but the Detention Hos- 
pital and three or four Division Hospitals, which should have been ready 
when the troops arrived. As it was, the General Hospital was constructed 
day after day, almost over the heads of the sick men. It is true that there 
were at one time two thousand sick in the hospitals and the Surgeon- 
General's instructions were to build a hospital of five hundred beds, so that 
the representative of the medical department could have sheltered himself 
behind his superior officer's telegram ; but the newspapers for the last 
three weeks had been printing a sick list of General Shaffer's command at 
Santiago and every one knew that the hospital should have been con- 
structed for twenty-five hundred and not for five hundred sick. As a matter 
of fact, the building of the hospital was going on almost until the day when 
the order came to clear out the hospitals. This seems to me to have been 
the cause of most of the difficulty at Camp Wikoff. Had the General, De- 
tention, and Division Hospitals been ready when the troops arrived there 
would have been room for every sick man ; as it was, it became necessary 
to turn out men before they were thoroughly well in order to make room 
for others just arrived who were seriously ill. Moreover, the men in their 
regimental camps began to get sick. There was no room for them in the 
General Hospital, so they had to stay in their little tents. They had no cots, 
except such as the Red Cross gave them, and so they lay in their blankets 
or on their bed-sacks. It is the usual thing for a soldier in the field to 
sleep on the ground, but a sick soldier is entitled to such care as the Gov- 
ernment can give him ; and the Government by the exercise of ordinary in- 
telligence could have given him a floored hospital tent, trained nurses, a 
sufficiency of medicine, of medical attendance, and a hospital diet. In 
this, I think, it failed grossly. As a result of this failure of the represent- 
ative of the medical department to build hospitals quickly by outside con- 
tract aid, half-well men who were compelled to leave the hospital because 
of the lack of space, collapsed at the railway station, in the cars, in Long 
Island City, in the streets of New York, and on their way to their homes, 
causing a tremendous amount of deserved criticism, not only in the news- 
papers, but among thoughtful men. 

According to the "yellow journals," Camp Wikoff was one huge pest 
house. According to General Wheeler's testimony before the Commission 
it was a Garden of Eden. The truth lies, as it usually does, between 
these two extremes ; but I believe if the hospitals had been built promptly, 
as I have suggested, there would have been little complaint. It may be 
urged that any suggestion is easy after the event, and that this idea of 
a rapid construction by contract is one that would only have been thought 



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out by a business man of large executive ability, of quick mind, and rapid 
decision. I have, however, seen so many instances of energy and execu- 
tive ability among the officers at Camp Wikoff that this argument does not 
appeal to me. The trouble is that nowhere except in the army does a 
medical man have to do with the construction and running of a hospital. 
All this is within the province of business men. I have in mind a capable 
line officer (Captain Chase of the Third Cavalry), to whom, had this 
matter been entrusted, it would have been carried out as successfully as if 
it had been left to one of our great railway or business magnates. 

At the extreme east end of the General Hospital was a street, on the 
north side of which were three tents ; the first being the operating tent, the 
second the commissary tent and the third, the farthest east, the tent of 
the Red Cross. Opposite were the three tents of the quartermaster, the 
surgeon-in-charge, and the executive officer of the hospital. 

The yacht Red Cross arrived with its twenty-five tons of delicacies 
Friday morning, August 12th. My assistant, Mr. Joseph Murray, together 
with William H. S. Brown, took charge of the unloading of it, and, 
although carts were worth their weight in gold, were able to have the en- 
tire boat-load in our tent late that night. On account of business engage- 
ments in New York, Mr. Murray was compelled to leave August 28th, but 
Mr. Brown remained with me until we closed our work on October 7th. 
His services were invaluable. Next morning we were given two more 
tents and hastily arranged our delicacies in time to bestow a substantial 
amount upon five hundred Rough Riders who arrived from Tampa. The 
same day ten thousand gallons of Hygeia water contributed by the Red 
Cross arrived and were instantly turned over to the Government : while 
from this time on, four tank cars each containing six thousand gallons of 
pure spring water from Jamaica (a gift of the Standard Oil Company 
through the National Red Cross Relief Committee) were daily hauled in 
the freight-yard, connected by an extemporized hose system with the 
water carts as they drove up, and the water, thus supplied, hauled off to 
the hospitals. 

On August 14th the Gate City, the first of the transports from Santi- 
ago, arrived, bringing General Sumner with detachments of the Third and 
Sixth Cavalry. On the 15th came the Miami with General Wheeler, Col. 
Roosevelt, six troops of the Rough Riders and four troops of the Third 
Cavalry. On the same day arrived the St. Louis with the 9th and loth 
Infantry and two companies of the 71st New York, the Vigilancia with 
the 6th and 13th Infantry, and the St. Paul vi\\\v the 2d Infantry and part 
of the 71st New York. The Rough Riders landed the next morning and 
a truck-load of delicacies, together with a number of valises and other 
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Detention Camp. This was my first sight of the men from the front and 
I never in my life have seen so many very sick men together. They were 
so weak that they could not unload the boxes of soups which we had 
brought in our wagon, and seemed almost dazed by privation and fever. 

I append a separate list of the dates of arrival of the transports to- 
gether with the troops which they carried. 

August 15th Major Heizemann arrived and was placed in charge of 
the General Hospital. About the same time Captain Winters was placed 
in charge of the Detention Hospital, but was almost immediately removed 
for reasons of discipline and Major Ebert placed in charge of it. 

On the i6th of August, Major Hopkins, the Military Aid to the Sec- 
retary of War, returned to camp having been absent for a few days. The 
hospital was by this time filling rapidly, and the need of trained hospital 
nurses was very evident. The sick were badly looked after by members of 
the hospital corps. These were mere private soldiers detailed to do this 
work, which was, in many cases distasteful to them. Some of these hos- 
pital corps men, or orderlies, were conscientious, but there were far toa 
many cases of neglect of the sick ; of intoxication while on duty (with 
whiskey meant for the sick men), and of great laxity in the enforcement 
of the sanitary rules. It was very evident that there would be many 
deaths from lack of proper nursing unless steps were taken at once. The 
Surgeon-General had instructed Col. Forwood a week before this date to> 
call on him whenever he needed women nurses, but Col. Forwood, like 
all army surgeons of the old school, was prejudiced against them and 
thought that the camp hospitals would not be ready for them for a week 
or ten days. Under these circumstances I communicated with Major 
Hopkins, and, finding that his views coincided with mine, I telegraphed 
to Secretary Alger offering free to the Government the services of twenty 
trained hospital nurses, to be fed and sheltered by the Red Cross. The 
next morning the Surgeon-General instructed Col. Forwood to accept my 
offer. The following day some of the nurses arrived, and from that time 
on they came daily. Mrs. Quintard, the head of the Nurses' Training 
School of St. Luke's Hospital, was placed in charge of the nurses. There 
were at one time one hundred and forty trained hospital nurses under her 
charge. The last week in August the annex to the General Hospital was 
in operation. The nurses of the Annex were all Sisters of Charity, and at 
one time at least one hundred of them were at work under the charge of 
Sister Adelaide. The Sisters of Charity were sent by the Surgeon-Gen- 
eral, but all the trained hospital nurses were furnished by the Red Cross 
to the Government, who thereupon signed contracts with them, giving 
them $30 a month and their board. The Red Cross supplied them with 
a cook, a cooking stove, table outfit, etc. None of these women were rich. 



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The majority of them in ordinary life earned $25 a week, and many of 
them had steady employment. Under these circumstances their patriot- 
ism in considering $30 per month an equivalent for the hardest kind of 
work, under the most discouraging circumstances, cannot be too highly 
commended. It seems to me that the two most striking features devel- 
oped by this war are the heroism of our line and the sacrifice and devotion 
to duty of trained women nurses in our hospitals. Equally striking must 
be, to an outsider, the difficulty with which the medical department of the 
army was persuaded to accept the services of these women. It is not gen- 
erally known that the officers of the medical department had been forbid- 
den to accept any supplies or offers of service from the Red Cross. 

For the next three weeks everything at Camp Wikoff was at white 
heat. Transport after transport arrived (sometimes at the rate of four 
and five a day), each bringing their thousand or more half-sick men. 
The arrival of the Mobile on the 19th is an epoch in the history of Red 
Cross work at Camp Wikoff. Just at lunch time a telephone message 
came from Major-General Young, directing Mr. Howard Townsend to 
report to him at once at the railway station. I had never before received 
such an order, and I knew that something important was on hand. I 
drove there at once and reported to General Young. He informed me 
that the Mobile had just arrived with the 8th and 22d Infantry and the 2d 
Massachusetts on board. There were twelve hundred well men and three 
hundred sick, and all had been out of provisions since morning ; would I 
undertake to feed them all ? Naturally the answer was. Yes. The ques- 
tion of the sick men was easily disposed of. I asked for an intelligent 
sergeant and four privates. They were at once brought to me and were 
instructed to open a certain car in the freight-yard and to take out from 
it boxes of soups and canned milk consigned to the Red Cross. In half 
an hour these were brought to the dock, the condensed milk diluted in 
large cans and the soup heated in a huge caldron by the soldiers, while 
Dr. and Mrs. Valentine Mott, who had arrived at Camp Wikoff, August 
15th, took charge of the distribution of it to the ambulances as they drove 
past. Next we arranged with the Government contractor to spare us a 
large caldron and the services of an old cook, and General Young sent 
out to the Cavalry Camp for twelve colored sergeants, it being the army 
theory, bred of experience, that any colored non-commissioned officer is 
a natural born cook. Meantime Captain Chase, the Provost Marshal, and 
I rode over to the Commissary and asked him for one thousand pounds 
of beef and a proportionate amount of onions and potatoes, so that we 
could make soup for twelve hundred men. He declined this request but 
offered to issue rations for the same number. We accepted this offer, as 
it included beef, onions, and potatoes, although it was difficult to see what 



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use the rest of the rations would be to us, to wit : Coffee, candles, sugar, 
bread, salt, pepper, etc. However the problem was solved by throwing 
these articles when they arrived into a shed, where, judging from my ex- 
perience with Government affairs, they are probably lying at this moment. 
The cavalry sergeants arrived and reported and were instantly set to work 
cutting up the meat and peeling the potatoes and onions. We then went 
on board the Mobile and asked General Ludlow for a detail of men from 
each company with tin pails to receive the soup, but it became evident to 
us at once that the men were too weak to be of the slightest use, and we 
therefore returned to the caldron (three hundred yards away), carrying 
twenty or thirty large tin pails. In an hour, sixty gallons of a most appe- 
tizing soup were ready, and our colored helpers carried it in the pails to 
the ship. By six o'clock the twelve hundred well men had had an appe- 
tizing meal of soup as rich as a stew, together with boiled beef. General 
Williston detailed an aide to remain all night so as to be ready in the 
morning to superintend the preparation of a like amount of soup for 
breakfast. Thus ended the Red Cross work with the Mobile, but our part 
in it was never forgotten by General Young. There is an interesting 
sequel to this episode. Three days afterward I saw on the hospital 
promenade two convalescents whose faces were very familiar. I stopped 
and asked them if they were not from the Mobile. They somewhat apa- 
thetically said, yes. I asked them if they did not remember my giving 
them a glass of milk as they sat in the ambulance. With an entire change 
of manner they both assured me that it was their earnest belief that they 
could not have lived to reach the hospital had it not been for that drink. 
They probably left almost immediately afterward on sick furlough for I 
never saw them again. 

From this time Dr. and Mrs. Mott devoted themselves to assisting the 
soldiers as they landed from the transports. All were weak ; many were 
sick, and some were dying. Those who were put in the ambulances each 
had a little soup or a cup of milk before they started for the hospital, 
while every well man who landed, before the regiment marched away was 
given a large sandwich and as much milk as he could drink. General 
Young and General Williston were much interested in this work and gave 
every possible aid to Dr. and Mrs. Mott. Captain Frank Edwards of the 
First Cavalry, who had charge of the dock at which the transports landed, 
not only personally aided them, but gave a detail of his men to help them. 
The work soon ceased to be a volunteer one, and became absolutely a 
Government function. The regiments landed, the companies were halted, 
arms were stacked, and the men in single file passed the little tent where Dr. 
and Mrs. Mott and Captain Edward's detail of soldiers stood giving out 
milk and sandwiches. It was pathetic to hear the words of thankfulness 



as the men took their first swallow of milk. " That's the best thing I've 
tasted since I left the United States," was the most frequent exclamation, 
and it was so heartfelt that not only the Red Cross volunteers but the 
soldiers of the detail who were supplying them with milk showed their 
sympathy by urging them again and again to fill their tin cups. No part 
of our work appealed more directly than this to the sympathies of all. 
No work did more immediate good, and none of the workers at Camp 
Wikoff deserve more praise than do Dr. and Mrs. Mott, who day after 
day, in rain or shine, fed the regiments as they arrived with just what they 
needed to give them strength to get to their camps. Dr. and Mrs. Mott 
left Montauk on September loth. 

Captain Guilfoyle of the Ninth Cavalry was in charge of the quaran- 
tine dock where the suspected cases were landed. It is with great pleas- 
ure that I bear testimony to his kindness in volunteering to receive from 
us and to dispense at the dock Red Cross provisions to all those soldiers 
who, in his opinion, were in need of food as they landed. Dr. Magruder, 
the quarantine officer, and Captain Stayton, U. S. N., of the patrol boat 
Aileen, both were of material help to us in distributing delicacies to the 
troop-ships as they lay in the harbor waiting their turn to land at the 
dock. Some of them were absolutely without food and it can be 
imagined with what eagerness our cases of canned soups and vegetables 
were received on board. 

On the arrival of the Miami with Col. Roosevelt we received a visit 
from Mr. Douglas Robinson and Mr. John Cowdin. They saw our need 
of more transportation and on their return to town reported it to the Sup- 
ply Committee who sent down in a special car three more wagons with 
their horses, harnesses, and drivers. The Long Island Express Company 
was kind enough to furnish room in its stables for our horses and to lodge 
and board our men with their expressmen. Had it not been for this 
friendly act we should have had to rely upon the Government for trans- 
portation, for there was no stabling to be had or lodging to be procured 
for love or money. 

On the 2oth of August General Wheeler took command of the camp, 
but as General Young was retained in command of Young's Provisional 
Division with full charge of the management of the camp, the change of 
command made but little difference. 

On the morning of the 20th the yacht Red Cross began its work of car- 
rying sick men from the General Hospital at Camp Wikoff to the various 
hospitals along the coast. The yacht made ten trips to New Haven ; 
three to Norwich ; five to New London ; two to Bridgeport ; and nine to 
New York, having made up to the yth of October, twenty-nine trips in 
all and carrying four hundred and thirty-five patients. 



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On the 22d of August the annex to the General Hospital was begun. 
On the 24th of August Secretary Alger arrived. I was presented to 
him by Col. Hecker and that afternoon he sent for me to visit him in his 
private car and spoke in the most complimentary terms about the work 
which the Red Cross was doing — for Col. Hecker and Major Hopkins 
had spoken to him at some length about the amount which we had 
accomplished. Early next morning I met him at the hospital with General 
Wheeler and Col. Forwood, and spoke to him about the hospital, telling 
him that we needed at that moment an entire outfit for five hundred men. 
Col. Forwood admitted this statement, but said that all these articles were 
on their way. By hasty inquiry of some of the subordinates I ascertained 
that he was incorrect in this statement and told this to the Secretary. He 
thereupon ordered me to make the necessary purchases in New York and 
to send the bills to him. Acting under his authority, the following 
telegram was sent to Cleveland H. Dodge : 

" Secretary of War authorizes you to purchase the following articles, and to ship them 
addressed to Major Heizemann, General Hospital, by fast freight at the earliest 
moment : seventy-five commodes ; earthenware cups and saucers, knives and forks, 
spoons (large and small) earthenware bowls, five hundred each. Two thousand towels, 
such as you have been sending for Red Cross. One thousand pillowcases and sheets such, 
as you have been sending for us. Thirty-five butler's trays. One hundred galvanized 
iron buckets. Two hundred tin wash basins. One hundred wooden wash tubs (thirty 
inches wide). Twenty-five tin wash boilers. Fifty dish pans. Fifty rakes. Six buck- 
saws. Five hundred pillows. One thousand nightshirts and one thousand pairs slippers 
both assorted sizes. One hundred and fifty candle lanterns. One hundred ash cans, 
covered (galvanized iron). Twenty-five basting spoons. Twenty-five sauce pans. 
Twenty roasting pans. One thousand handkerchiefs. The Government will reim- 
burse you for the money expended for these articles." 

(Signed) Howard Townsend. 

This was the first instance of the Red Cross acting as the authorized 
agent of the Government to procure supplies. 

Up to this time there had been a great deal of milk sent to the hospital 
in care of the Red Cross by kind-hearted friends of the soldiers along the 
line of the Long Island Railroad, but there had been much trouble in get- 
ting it from the station to the hospital and the prompt return of the cans 
was always a matter of difficulty. Mrs. Frederic Betts of Southampton 
had been particularly energetic in this work. Secretary Alger solved this 
problem by arranging for the daily supply of two thousand gallons, and 
this supply continued until the regiments began to leave Camp Wikoff. 
At this time the Secretary told me that at any time 1 needed anything if 
I would telegraph to him he would give the matter his personal attention. 
I date the improvement of affairs at Camp Wikoff from the visit of the 
Secretary of War, for all the changes he made were excellent. So far as 



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the camp is concerned he supported and furthered the work of the Red 
Cross in every possible way, accepting and acting upon all suggestions 
of ours, only insisting that the Government and not the Red Cross should 
pay the bills. 

On the afternoon of this day, under his instructions. Steward Neal, the 
head of the Hospital Corps (whose faithful duty can never be forgotten)^ 
prepared a most elaborate and extensive list of the articles needed at the 
hospital, and General Wheeler's son, Lieutentant Wheeler, and I procured 
the articles from the Quartermaster and Commissary, and saw them de- 
livered in numberless army wagons at the hospital. From that time — 
under the Secretary's orders — every man going on sick furlough from the 
hospital was given free an entire new uniform, including blouse, trousers^ 
blue shirt, shoes, and hat. 

It was at this time that the foundation was laid for the complaints 
about the care of the sick at Camp Wikoff. The hospitals were ab- 
solutely full. Four or five hundred sick men were known to be on board 
the transports then at anchor in the bay waiting their turn to unload, and 
there was absolutely no place to put them. The medical department laid 
the blame on the Quartermaster because of the lack of wagons to haul tO' 
the camp, from the freight-yard, the lumber needed for tent frames and 
floorings. The Quartermaster's answer was to the point — he did not 
have the wagons. When the camp was begun. General Young said that 
at least one hundred wagons were needed, and asked for that number. 
The Government sent him twenty, and subsequently thirty more. It wa& 
not until the greatest confusion was over that there were wagons enough. 
All this, as has been said before, could have been avoided by entrusting 
the building of the various hospitals to some civilian contractor on the 
loth of the month ; then every hospital would have been ready by the i8th. 
The lack of hospital accommodations was remedied by turning out from 
the hospitals the least sick of their inmates, and sending them on sick 
furloughs to their homes. This resulted, as has already been said, in 
soldiers collapsing on every side, causing infinite distress to their families, 
and bringing upon the Government a shower of just indignation. 

It is, however, only fair to the Medical Department to say that the 
type of the malarial fever from which a majority of the soldiers suffered 
was a peculiar one, characterized by long remissions, in which the patient 
would feel and appear well, and that a certain number of the cases of 
sudden illness and collapse which occurred at the Montauk station, on the 
trains, and in New York were cases of malaria in which the patient had 
been furloughed during a remission when an ordinary medical examina- 
tion would have revealed nothing whatever to warrant his detention in the 
hospital. 



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The camp had now filled up rapidly, and the hospitals had become an 
-enormous affair. 

We began our work among the regiments by sending a wagon-load of 
supplies to each, and by systematically opening an account with each 
command. I append herewith a copy of the pages of our " Regimental 
Ledger," as we called it. 

The delay in the arrival of medical supplies and quartermaster's stores 
for the hospital was at its height. From the very beginning the Red 
Cross had supplied the cots to the wards, so that at one time there were 
over three hundred Red Cross cots in use in the hospital. This was 
usually due to the failure of some one in authority to sign and mail the 
requisition, or to the lack of thoroughness on the part of the officer in 
charge of transportation from the freight-yard to the hospital. A conver- 
sation with any of the ofiicials of the Long Island Railroad would convince 
our readers of the superior method of the Red Cross Society in this 
respect. We employed one man as freight-tracer, whose only duty was to 
look over the shipping lists received from New York, to examine the way 
bills at the freight office every morning, and to pick out the cars in which 
our freight had arrived. He then checked each box as it was taken from 
the car, and was responsible for its being placed on one of the Red Cross 
wagons, and safely carried to our tent. We made it our duty to know 
personally the various subordinates who had charge of the medical and 
commissary stores at the hospital, and were satisfied that they gave season- 
able notice to the proper superior official of the approaching need of drugs 
and supplies. 

About August 25th Mrs. Willard, a dietary expert, was sent by 
Auxiliary No. 3 of the Red Cross to start a Diet Kitchen at the General 
Hospital. Meeting Dr. Prescott, of the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid 
Association who was anxious to do the same work, they united their plans 
and soon had in full operation a most excellent Diet Kitchen, supplying all 
the patients of the General Hospital who were on a diet. Soon a similar 
kitchen was established in Detention Camp Hospital under her auspices and 
others were started in the Division Hospitals. The value of these kitchens 
became immediately so manifest to the medical service that the Govern- 
ment accordingly paid all the bills of this department of voluntary work. 

On the 29th of August we sent from Montauk the following telegram : 

" Will you arrange with President Baldwin of the Long Island Railroad, to have a Red 
Cross ambulance stationed at Long Island City Depot on the arrival of every train from 
Montauk. Soldiers on sick leave collapse at every train, and are picked up near the 
Thirty-fourth St. station, and sent to hospitals. We ought to handle this business our- 
selves. Establish also a Red Cross Bureau of Information at the Long Island City 
station. Wire answer." 



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The same idea had occurred to Mr. Dodge that morning and the splendid 
work of the Long Island City Red Cross Emergency Hospital was the 
result. 

On the I St of September Dr. George E. Brewer arrived at Montauk 
and reported to me as my deputy and at once took charge of that branch 
of our work which had to do with ascertaining the needs of the regimen- 
tal hospitals and camps. Dr. Brewer was eminently fitted for Red Cross 
work, not merely from his professional training, but because of his great 
executive ability and capacity for work, added to an attractive manner 
which enabled him to make friends at once with those with whom he was 
brought in contact. As my assistant and as agent during my absence 
owing to sickness, he was most efficient and an account of our work would 
be incomplete without this tribute to his large share in it. 

September ist General Shaffer arrived and on the same day the 
Shinnecock reached New York carrying 271 sick soldiers from Camp 
Wikoff hospitals. 

September 4th the President arrived at the Camp, accompanied by the 
Vice-President, the Secretary of War, Senator Proctor of Vermont, and 
others. He visited the hospitals, going through every ward, and then 
visited the regimental camps where he addressed the soldiers. Under 
instructions from the Executive Committee, I asked Secretary Alger while 
the presidential party was at the hospital, to accept as a gift from the Red 
Cross the articles which he had directed us to purchase. He answered me 
that the Government was grateful for our gift. President McKinley also 
shook hands with me and thanked the Red Cross for the work which it 
was doing. 

The last few days of August were the busiest in the history of Red 
Cross work at Camp Wikoff. General Young's appeal on behalf of the 
regulars resulted in a perfect torrent of delicacies being poured into the 
camp and the Red Cross distributed among the different regular regiments 
nearly nineteen thousand cans of soups, fruits, vegetables, etc. 

About the 5th of September the physicians of New York began to call 
the attention of the public to the probability of an early epidemic of 
typhoid fever at Camp Wikoff, but the views upon this point were by no 
means unanimous. 

September 5th the Surgeon-General visited the camp. 

The inexcusable delay in the construction of the hospital laundry had 
caused an accumulation of foul linen which finally had to be burnt, caus- 
ing a loss to the Government of many thousands of dollars. About the 
7th of September the laundry got to work. The blame for the delay was 
laid by Col. Forwood on the Quartermaster's Department and was- 
promptly returned by that branch of the service. 



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During the first two weeks in September our principal work was in the 
regimental camps. Dr. Brewer devoted himself largely to visiting them 
in turn and, by interviews with the commanding officers and with the 
surgeon-in-charge, ascertained what was necessary and sent the needed 
relief at once. On the 14th of September he was able to say that the 
<:amps were, as a rule, well supplied with food for the well and delicacies 
for the sick. 

Much distress was caused by the statements of ladies who made daily 
visits to the regiments. It was difficult for them to realize that war of 
necessity entailed suffering and at times their statements as to the condi- 
tion of the men whom they found on the regimental sick lists were lacking 
in conservatism. There were unquestionably plenty of sick men in the 
regiments, but, the statements that men were " dying like sheep " in their 
tents were absolutely without foundation. 

By the middle of September the camp was rapidly diminishing in 
■number, three or four regiments leaving every day. The Detention 
Hospital was practically closed, as was the First Division Hospital, and the 
two other Division Hospitals were soon to follow its example. The con- 
•struction of these Division Hospitals was the height of absurdity. They 
should have been ready for the different divisions when they arrived ; 
instead of that, they were constructed at so late a date that patients had 
scarcely been put to bed before the order came to begin to close the 
hospitals. 

On the 9th of September four Red Cross tents were erected just oppo- 
site the railway station, and they were filled for that night and many 
succeeding nights with soldiers on sick furloughs who had struggled 
down from the hospital and had either missed the train or had arrived at 
the station so exhausted that they could not take it. 

On the 8th of September I telegraphed to the Secretary of War calling 
his attention to the unusual severity of the equinoxial storms on eastern 
Long Island. General Young supplemented this telegram with one of his 
own, advising him to the same effect. The following day a telegram was 
received by Colonel Forwood to clear out the hospital as soon as possible. 
From that time, the steamer Shinnecock conveyed the sick in large num- 
bers to New York, whose hospitals vied with each other in caring for the 
soldiers. 

Early in September three hospital cars began to run on the trains 
from Montauk to Long Island City. One of these was given by Mr. 
Emerson Macmillan and two by Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. Each of these were 
supplied with trained nurses and with a surgeon, so that soldiers leaving 
Montauk on sick furlough had the best of care until they reached the Red 
Cross station at Long Island City. 



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On the 1 6th of September the regiments were going away at the rate of 
two a day and there were only ten thousand men in camp. The Deten- 
tion Hospital was practically closed and the number of patients in the 
General Hospital reduced to six hundred. Our principal work was to 
superintend the daily departure of the various regular regiments who had 
their sick with them, Mr, Samuel Parrish of Southampton took charge of 
this work. He began to work for the Red Cross early in September 
and gave his entire time to visiting the men in sick quarters in their tents 
in the various Infantry regiments. 

Miss Martha Lincoln Draper came from New York to take charge of 
the Emergency Hospital at the station, and managed it admirably. 

Milk had been for some time supplied by the Red Cross to soldiers 
leaving Montauk by train. Mrs. Henry E. Howland and Mrs. Benjamin 
Welles of Southampton developed this work and gave to every sick man a 
pint bottle of milk to refresh him on his journey. Miss Draper succeeded 
to the charge of this work and managed it in connection with her superin- 
tendency of the Emergency Hospital until September 25th, when she 
returned to town. 

Dr. Frank Delafield arrived at the Camp in September, and be- 
came a contract surgeon in the General Hospital, having given up his 
vacation for this purpose. His eminent position was recognized by the 
medical profession at the camp and he was largely consulted by all the 
surgeons. He left on the 26th of September as quietly as he came, 
having been of great service to the hospital and having brought about 
several changes which undoubtedly saved lives. 

From this time the camp decreased in size daily, as regiment after 
regiment took its departure. The first week in October, besides the men 
in the General Hospital, there were only in Camp Wikoff the First Battal- 
lion of United States Volunteer Engineers and the 7th Infantry. The 
number of sick men had decreased to two hundred and fifty and there was 
such an absolute sufficiency of nurses, provisions, and delicacies, that the 
Executive Committee of the Red Cross directed their work to cease 
on the 7th. 

Early in September Colonel Greenleaf, the surgeon-in-charge, re- 
quested me to prepare a brief statement of the work of the Red Cross 
at Camp Wikoff to be made a part of a Government history of the 
camp. 

Mrs. Hammond had succeeded Miss Draper September 25th, and 
remained until the 3d of October. Miss Draper had turned over her 
work at the Emergency Hospital to an assistant and had taken full charge 
of the work in my absence. To her and to Mrs. Hammond are due all 
thanks for their energy and faithfulness. 



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On the 7th of October all our tents were struck and packed ; our 
surplus supply of provisions placed on board the Red Cross yacht and our 
staff, consisting of William H. S. Brown, William S. Lalor, Frederick Leg- 
gett, and William T. Rainey, embarked for New York, reporting to the 
Red Cross Supply Headquarters the next morning. Thus ended our work 
at Camp Wikoff. Doubtless much might have been done that was not 
done ; but we heard so often from officers and men alike " What could we 
have done without the Red Cross ? " that we were more than compensated 
for the hard work of the summer. 

No mention of the hospitals at Camp Wikoff would be complete with- 
out an allusion to two men who evolved out of chaos something like 
order, and who spent six weeks of a life that would have sent most men to 
their graves. Major Ebert at the Detention Hospital succeeded to a 
more than usual degree in making bricks without straw. He began his 
hospital work when all that he had pertaining to a hospital were the 
patients. In the face of every difficulty he put the Detention Hospital in 
good shape, and the small death-rate is due in great measure to his- 
energy, and to the enthusiasm with which he inspired his subordinates. 

Lieutenant Ira C. Brown arrived at Camp Wikoff Tuesday, August 
9th, with the sick men of the 6th Cavalry, whom he had brought in freight 
cars from Tampa, nursing, bathing, and caring for them on the way. He 
instantly took charge under Colonel Forwood of the construction of the 
General Hospital, and worked so faithfully that he was rewarded by pro- 
motion to Brigade Surgeon with the rank of Major, and was appointed 
Executive Officer of the hospital, of which he was in charge until all the 
hospital property was sent away, November i6th. For six weeks he sat 
at his desk answering questions, signing orders for supplies, attending to 
a thousand and one details, responsible for the arrival and safe departure 
of the sick, and, by conflicting directions, forced to assume unnecessary 
responsibilities, at times to disobey improper orders ; in short, to do the 
work of three men. Worst of all, he was obliged to break the death news 
to wives and mothers arriving just too late. His was a life to break down 
an ordinary person in a week. It is a pleasure to pay this tribute to sa 
good and true a man. 

In conclusion, I desire to submit two facts worth remembering, which 
are based upon the experience of our summer's work. 

It must not be supposed that in all cases where men were suffering; 
from lack of food, medical supplies, or clothing, that these articles were 
not to be found in the Commissary's or Quartermaster's stores, perhaps 
only a short distance away. Often the suffering of the soldiers was 
caused by the failure of some one in command, either from carelessness 
or ignorance, to get the required articles from the storehouse. At the 



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General Hospital the supplies and medical stores ran out more than once 
because the requisition was overlooked, and was not signed or not mailed 
or because the ofificer charged with finding the stores in the freight-yard 
was incompetent. 

Under these circumstances it was not necessary for the Red Cross to 
waste its money in supplying the needed articles. All that was needed 
was to see the officer in charge of transportation, and having obtained 
from him sufficient army wagons, superintend the transportation of what- 
ever was desired from the storehouse or freight-yard to the hospital or 
camps. Before we had been at Camp Wikoff two weeks this fact became 
clear to us, and from that time we often saved wagon-loads of supplies 
by obtaining army wagons and transportation of commissary stores for 
regimental officers who seemed unable to get them, or by asking the 
General Officer to give his particular attention to any instance of neglect. 

Another fact to be remembered is, that a Red Cross representative 
who volunteers his services can always have more influence than if he be 
a salaried employee of the Society. The deputy, if necessary, may be a 
salaried official, but the volunteer representative of the Society should be 
akin in his position to a staff officer, and it was my experience that his 
suggestions and requests will be listened to with as much courtesy and 
attention, and attended to as promptly, by the General commanding as by 
an assistant surgeon. 



Dates of the arrival of transports at Montauk Point, L. I., together 
with a list of the troops which they carried. 

Date. Transport. Troops. 

August 14th. . .Gate City General Sumner and detachments of the -jd and 

6th U. S. Cavalry. 

August 1 5th. .. Miami Gen. Wheeler, Col. Roosevelt, six troops of 

. , r T Rough Riders and four troops of the 3d Cavalry. 

August 17th. . .St Louis gth and loth Infantry and two companies of the 

71st New York. 

'.'. ' ■ -^'gil^^ci^ 6th and 13th Infantry. 

" .. .St. Paul 2d Infantry and part of 71st New York. 

" . . .La Grande Duchesse . . .71st New York and i6th Infantry 
August 19th... Seneca 4th Infantry. 

" ...Comanche 25th Infantry. 

" .. -Mobile 8th and 22d Infantry ; 2d Mass. Vol 

August 20th. . . Rio Grande 9th and loth Cavalry. 

August 22d... Breakwater 12th Infantry. 

" •••Olivette Men taken to Boston. 

" .. .City of Macon 17th Infantry. 

" .. .Mortera 21st Infantry. 

August 23d.... Leona Detachments of 12th Infantry ; 9th Cavalry; 4th 

Artillery ; 34th Michigan. 
August 24th.. .Badger Detachments of the 34th Michigan Vol. 

" .. .Resolute Detachments of 2d, 4th, 5th Infantry. 



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August 25th. . . Yale 3<i and 20th Infantry. 

" " . . .Mohawk 8th Ohio Volunteers. 

" "...Harvard 33d Michigan Vol. 

" " . . .Prairie 7th U. S. Infantry. 

August 26th.. .D. H. Miller ist U. S. Infantry. 

" " . . .Chatham Unknown. 

" " .. .Yucatan Six companies 7th Infantry. 

August 27th. . .Catania Detachments of various regiments. 

" " . . .Santiago 34th Michigan Volunteers. 

" " .. .Hudson 2d and 3d Battalion. District of Columbia. 

August 29th. . .Minnewaska ist Battalion, District of Columbia ; ist Battal- 
ion U. S. Engineers ; four troops of the 2d 
Cavalry ; ninety-five men of the 33d Mich. 
Volunteers. 
August 31st. . .Berlin First Illinois Volunteers. 

" " . . .San Marcos Various regiments. 

"... Specialist Light Artillery. 

" " .. .Allegheny Eight companies of 9th Massachusetts. 

" " . . .Panther Two companies of 9th Massachusetts, 

Sept. 1st Mexico General Shafter and Staff. 

Sept. 2d City of Washington Various companies. 

" " Berkshire Various companies. 

" " Nueces 24th Infantry. 

Sept. 4th Unionist Fifty-three men of the ist Illinois. 

" " Roumania Two companies of the 9th Mass. and others. 

Sept. loth Missouri Detachment of 71st N. Y. and others. 

Sept. 13th Vigilancia (2d trip) Various companies. 

Sept. 2ist Seguranca Various companies. 

Detailed statement of Supplies furnished by the Red Cross at Camp 
Wikoff : 

1523 cots, 4943 suits of underwear, 4322 pairs of socks, 1445 abdom- 
inal bands, 4322 nightshirts, 4733 pajamas, 141 1 comfort bags, 2016 
cheese cloth squares, 2471 sheets, 6 rolls of sheeting, 2536 pillowcases, 
8930 handkerchiefs, 518 suspenders, 2423 pairs of slippers, 798 combs. 
148 wash rags, 5904 safety pins, 1600 looking glasses, 174 hair brushes, 
300 combs and brushes, 2076 belts, 1444 pipes, 3000 packages of tobacco, 
6554 towels, 49 screens, 929 blankets, 888 blue shirts, 851 light flannel 
shirts, 1272 tooth brushes, 3000 envelopes, 316 writing tablets, 286 gauze 
sponges, 1000 paper bags, 225 rubber sheets, 112 rubber air cushions, 212 
nurses' aprons, 1000 napkins, 30 bath robes, 800 pillows, 948 pencils, 3 
spigots, 600 bottles of clam broth, 200 beef capsules, 1000 lbs. of prunes, 
3 bbls. and i can of Astral oil, 2 bbls. of sugar, 34 bbls. of rolled oats, s^, 
cans of condensed coffee, 1440 cans of cocoa, 480 cans of condensed 
milk, 3 bbls. and 41 cases of jellies, 2 bbls. and i box of fresh vegetables, 
2650 cakes of soap, i bbl. and i basket of onions, 984 cans of Imperial 
cream, 10,344 cans canned soup, 30,000 lemons, 24,220 oranges, 5 crates of 
eggs, 270 large size bottles of malted milk, i small safe, 3456 bottles of lac- 
tated food, 400 loaves of bread, 1224 bottles of beef extract, 6 bbls. and 
102 boxes of crackers, 6 bbls. of rice, 864 boxes of matches, 600 boxes 



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of Somatose biscuit, 5 bbls. of coffee, 10 chests of tea, i case of cocovena, 
4 bbls. of apples, i case of limes, i bbl. of ginger-snaps, 4 tubs of butter, 
21,840 cans assorted canned fruits and vegetables, 12 bottles of tooth 
powder, 3 cases beef, iron and wine, 100 charts, 26 hot-water bags, 100 
yards of mosquito netting, 234 commodes, 11 1 bed-pans, i earth closet, 
72 cot pads, I case of almoral, 60 pairs of smoked glasses, 72 ideal feed- 
ing cups, 408 urinals, 16 syringes, 10 gallons disinfecting fluid, i-lb. bottle 
of Squibb's Mixture, i-lb. bottle of Jamaica Ginger, 24 bottles of bovine, 
216 bottles of Kumyss, 12 bottles of Elixir Lacto-Peptine, 6 spatulas, 48 
medicine glasses, 6 pads of temperature charts, 24 hypodermic needles, 
144 bottles of Mellin's Food, i set of rectal tubes, i 5-lb. can of quinine, 
12 lbs. of absorbent cotton, 2 urine analysis cases, 1740 bottles of ginger- 
ale, 5000 bottles of Apollinaris, 300 bottles of lime juice, 96 bottles of 
Lithia water, 240 bottles of mineral water, 400 bottles of sarsaparilla, 
2 bbls. and 1080 bottles of whiskey, 2 bbls. and 960 bottles of brandy, 372 
bottles of champagne, port, sherry, and Madeira wines, 24 bottles of Bur- 
gundy, 4 tank cars daily of Jamaica spring water, 10,100 gallons of Hygeia 
water, 1500 fans, 120 bottles Hostetter's bitters, 6 water beds, 6 collapsible 
bath tubs, 9 large cases of books, 2000 magazines, 60 bread pans, 4 milk 
cans, 18 milk pails, 18 milk ladles, 24 dish pans, 274 wash-tubs, 17 one-lid 
oil stoves, 288 lamp and lantern wicks, 60 candle-sticks, 48 plates, 158 pint 
cups, 50 pint bowls, 50 2-quart tin pails, 50 8-quart tin pails, 1236 knives 
and forks, 1368 tea spoons, 43 refrigerators, 6 can-openers, i tin oven, 100 
agate-ware plates, 100 agate-ware saucers, ^6 agate-ware quart pails, 3 
large coffee pots, 6 large kettles, i box of sapolio, 12 egg beaters, 2 water 
coolers, 2 coffee pots, i tea pot, 848 cups and saucers, 4 meat platters, 548 
pint bowls, 48 glasses, 12 bread knives, 300 tin plates, 300 hand brushes, 
172 lanterns, 78 lamps, 50 agate basins, 125 buckets, 3 razors, 24 empty 2- 
quart bottles, 24 burners for lamps, 4 oil stoves for heating wards, 168 
chimneys for lanterns, 200 wash basins, 50 dish pans, 50 rakes, 6 buck- 
saws, 25 basting spoons, 25 sauce pans, 20 roasting pans, 100 galvanized 
ash cans, 1000 candles, 25 wash boilers. 

A copy of the " Regimental Ledger " of the Red Cross at Camp 
Wikoff, showing the amounts given to each regiment. 

No list was kept of the articles furnished to the General Hospital, as 
this would have involved the employment of another clerk. 

DETENTION HOSPITAL. 

I barrel rice 48 suspenders 

12 pint-cans imperial cream 24 cans condensed milk 

1 case dried fruit 3 cases jellies 

2 boxes lemons 30 cans cocoa 



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64 packages breakfast food 

2 bath tubs 

348 suits pajamas 

168 quarts canned soups 

288 quarts canned fruits and vegetables 

54 bottles clam bouillon 

24 bottles pickles 

I case crushed oats 

48 bars soap 

24 bottles lime juice 

36 tin cups 

6 tin pails 

100 bottles apollinaris 

1 case grapes 

2 cases crackers 
24 towels 

24 basins 

12 candlesticks 

12 belts 



1 barrel oatmeal 
48 bandages 
144 pipes 

144 packages tobacco 

6 wooden trays 

12 pint bottles champagne 

300 nightshirts 

300 handkerchiefs 

36 pairs slippers 

25 fans 

48 bottles ginger ale 

12 plates 

20 gallons Hygeia water 

24 combs 

3 bread knives 

24 bottles bitters 

2 crates oranges 
300 suits underwear 



ROUGH RIDERS. 



48 quarts canned fruits and vegetables 
48 quarts canned soups 
12 bottles clam bouillon 



12 quart bottles lime juice 
24 cans cocoa 



GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT RIO GRANDE. 



24 pint cans imperial milk 
6 quart jars malted milk 
72 quarts canned soups 



48 quarts lime juice 
I barrel oatmeal 



GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT MOBILE. 



288 quarts canned soups 

120 quarts lime juice 

3 boxes lemons 

6 boxes malted milk 

24 pint cans condensed milk 



12 bottles pickles 

2 cases dried apples 

48 bottles ginger ale 

792 quarts canned fruits and vegetables 



GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTS COMANCHE AND SENECA. 
Soup and lime juice for 900 men. 

GOVERNMENT PATROL BOAT AILEEN. 



36 quarts clam bouillon 
96 quarts canned soups 
I box lemons 
24 bottles lactated food 



I case jelly 

I case crackers 

96 quarts canned fruits and vegetables 



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FIRST UNITED STATES INFANTRY, 



216 quarts canned soups 

48 quarts clam bouillon 

1% cases lemons 

12 packages breakfast food 

I case crackers 

24 cans condensed milk 

I case Mellin's Food 



2 bottles port wine 

10 gallons Hygeia water 
24 (J^-lb.) cans cocoa 

3 brooms 

I commode 

I gross slippers 

816 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 



SECOND UNITED STATES INFANTRY. 



1 barrel of rice 

48 pint cans imperial cream 

2 cases crackers 

24 ()^-lb.) cans cocoa 

12 packages breakfast food 

18 equipped cots 

2 barrels oatmeal 

72 pint cans condensed milk 

312 quarts canned soups 

12 quarts lime juice 

r case dried apples 

2 boxes lemons 



I (small) box tea 
I case pickles 

1 case crushed oats 

2 cases jellies 

}4 dozen lanterns 

2 dozen pitchers 

20 gallons Hygeia water 

12 cans evaporated cream 

2 dozen pairs socks 

1 dozen suits underwear 

2 chairs 

864 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 



THIRD UNITED STATES INFANTRY. 



6 bottles whiskey 
3 bottles brandy 
3 bottles port wine 



100 bottles apollinaris 

744 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 



FOURTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. 



24 quarts canned soups 
12 packages breakfast food 
I case dried apples 
12 quarts lime juice 



I broom 

8 cans condensed milk 

768 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 



SIXTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. 
744 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables). 

SEVENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. 



1224 quarts canned fruits and vegetables 

403 quarts canned soups 

36 quarts clam bouillon 

I barrel, 2 cases and 6 tins crackers 

24 packages breakfast food 

123 (^-Ib.) cans cocoa 

100 bottles apollinaris 

20 gallons Hygeia water 



36 suits underwear 

1 comforter 

2 chests tea 

12 lamp wicks 
12 hot water bags 
I case toilet paper 
12 bottles pickles 
12 bottles lime juice 



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1 case dried fruit 
96 bars soap 

2 boxes lemons 
I case jelly 

24 cans condensed milk 
9 equipped cots 
I barrel oatmeal 



12 bottles bitters 

12 quart bottles whiskey 

3 buckets 

24 suits pajamas 

24 pairs socks 

36 towels 



EIGHTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. 



888 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 

168 quarts soup 

24 packages breakfast food 

1 case dried apples 

24 quarts lime juice 

I broom , 

8 cans condensed milk 



3 bottles whiskey 

3 bottles blackberry brandy 

12 bottles ginger ale 

1 box lemons 

24 cans corned beef hash 

2 cases crackers 



NINTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. 



24 quarts soup 
24 cans cocoa 
I box lemons 



12 bottles clam bouillon 

I case oatmeal 

600 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 



TENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. 



20 cots 

I bottle port wine 
24 suits underwear 
36 nightshirts 
12 cans cocoa 
^ box lemons 
20 pillows 



12 bottles clam bouillon 

12 cans evaporated cream 

240 quarts soup 

I bottle brandy 

3 bottles whiskey 

768 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 



TWELFTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. 

124 quarts canned soups 2 bottles brandy 

816 quarts canned fruits and vegetables 2 bottles port wine 

24 (>^-lb.) cans cocoa 12 hot water bags 

2 bottles whiskey 1 2 pairs socks 

SIXTEENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. 



12 bottles clam bouillon 
10 gallons Hygeia water 
2 bottles brandy 
^ box lemons 



18 cots 

3 bottles whiskey 

576 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 



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SEVENTEENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. 



48 quarts soup 

24 bottles lactated food 

I box soap 

I case jelly 

I box lemons 

5 cots 

15 suits underwear 



20 gallons Hygeia water 

I case chowder 

I jar extract of beef 

12 bottles clam bouillon 

5 bottles whiskey 

672 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 



TWENTIETH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. 



12 packages breakfast food 
12 cans imperial cream 
I case lime juice 



24 quarts soup 

720 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 



TWENTY-FIRST UNITED STATES INFANTRY. 



768 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 

48 quarts soup 

I case dried fruit 

I case jelly 

I barrel and I box crackers 

6 pajamas 

48 cans cocoa 

12 bottles apollinaris 



48 suits underwear 

6 pillows 

6 pillowcases 

10 pounds tea 

12 bottles ginger ale 

12 quarts clam bouillon 

^ box lemons 

24 flannel shirts 



TWENTY-SECOND UNITED STATES INFANTRY. 



12 quarts lime juice 

48 quarts soup 

36 packages breakfast food 

I case dried apples 

I broom 

32 cans condensed milk 

12 bottles clam bouillon 

1 case lemons 

2 cases crackers 



24 cans cocoa 

20 suits underwear 

14 cots 

20 pillows 

I box soap 

1 bottle whiskey 

10 bottles sarsaparilla 

2 bottles apollinaris 

696 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 



TWENTY-FOURTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. 



6 quarts lime juice 

24 cans cocoa 

288 quarts soups 

36 bottles clam bouillon 

I case preserves 

3 cases crackers 

24 packages breakfast food 

72 blankets 

12 cans condensed milk 



24 bottles ginger ale 

1 box lemons 

24 cans corned beef hash 

24 packages tobacco 

24 pipes 

4 bottles brandy 

24 suits underwear 

24 pairs socks 

648 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 



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TWENTY-FIFTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY (Colored). 



24 cans condensed milk 

1 case oatmeal 

1 776 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 

2 bottles pickles 
24 cans lime juice 
2 barrels bread 

6 bottles whiskey 

6 bottles brandy 

30 cans imperial cream 

10 cots 

2 boxes lemons 

Yz chest tea 

24 cans cocoa 



36 bottles clam bouillon 

r bottle wine (port) 

12 quarts champagne 

124 quarts apollinaris 

6 pajamas 

192 quarts soup 

9 cases crackers 

40 gallons Hygeia water 

3 cases jelly 

I case dried fruit 

12 packages breakfast food 

12 bottles bitters 

I box soap 



FIRST CAVALRY (Regulars). 

24 quarts soup i case jelly 

12 bottles lime juice i case oranges 

12 cans (pint cans) imperial cream i box soap 

1008 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) i che^tea 

SECOND CAVALRY. 



26 bottles clam bouillon 
290 quarts soup 

3 cans condensed milk 

15 packages breakfast food 

4 blankets 

12 bottles pickles 

552 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 

I barrel, 2 cans crackers 

I can dried fruit 

108 cans cocoa 



I case jelly 

I box lemons 

24 cans pickled codfish 

24 bottles bitters 

24 pairs socks 

20 gallons Hygeia water 

12 quarts lime juice 

I box soap 

12 pairs slippers 

24 bottles apollinaris 



THIRD CAVALRY. 



48 bars soap 

I barrel oatmeal 

24 bottles pickles 

1416 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 

3 cases jelly 

24 cans mustard 

I case imperial cream 

432 quarts soups 



36 bottles clam bouillon 
24 packages breakfast food 
9 boxes cocoa 

5 boxes crackers 

I case shredded wheat 

6 blankets 

I case dried fruit 



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SIXTH CAVALRY. 



6 cots 

I box crushed oats ' 

24 cans condensed milk 

696 quarts soup 

24 bottles bouillon 

I case dried fruit 

24 bottles pickles 

840 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 

I can oatmeal 

24 cans mustard 

18 quarts lime juice 

I box lemons 

yd, case literature 

I wash-tub 

I broom 



1 case imperial cream 

2 barrels bread 

24 packages breakfast food 

36 bottles apollinaris 

24 suits underwear 

2 boxes oranges 

20 gallons Hygeia water 

I box crackers 

12 jars extract of beef 

6 cans cocoa 

12 pairs slippers 

12 pajamas 

6 hot water bags 

12 towels 



NINTH CAVALRY. 



36 bottles clam bouillon 

24 quarts lactated food 

96 quarts soup 

24 quarts lime juice t 

2 cases dried fruit 

24 bottles pickles 

600 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 



12 cots 

3 bottles whiskey 

I box lemons 

12 jars extract of beef 

12 cakes soap 

12 bottles apollinaris 

1 gas stove 



TENTH CAVALRY. 



72 cakes soap 
I box lemons 
24 bottles pickles 

1 case imperial cream 
12 quarts lactated food 

12 packages breakfast food 

2 cases lime juice 

720 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 
20 gallons Hygeia water 



100 bottles apollinaris 

r case crackers 

12 bottles bouillon 

192 quarts soup 

6 barrels oatmeal 

I barrel coffee 

I chest tea 

24 cans cocoa 

12 bottles whiskey 



A BATTERY, SECOND ARTILLERY. 



1 chest tea 

24 bottles clam bouillon 

2 boxes crackers 



24 bottles pickles 

12 quarts lime juice 

24 packages lactated food 



96 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 
24 cans condensed milk 
48 quarts soups 



FOURTH ARTILLERY. 



24 quarts soup 

1200 qts. canned goods (fruits and veget- 
ables) 



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FIFTH ARTILLERY. 



I chest tea 

24 cans condensed milk 



284 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 
24 quarts soup 



GEN. McKIBBON, 2D BRIGADE, 2D DIVISION, 5TH ARMY CORPS. 



1 case jelly 
6 towels 

Yz box lemons 

2 suits pajamas 



24 towels 

36 bed-pans 

24 nightshirts 

96 jars extract of beef 

120 quarts soup 

I barrel crackers 

12 bottles bouillon 

12 cans imperial cream 



216 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 

I bottle pickles 

6 cans condensed milk 



SECOND DIVISION HOSPITAL. 



25 pounds sago 

ICO bottles apollinaris 

I box lemons 

20 gallons Hygeia water 

y^ barrel rice 

48 cans cocoa 

24 cakes soap 

144 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 



DR. WOOD, FIRST DIVISION HOSPITAL. 



I case oranges 

96 quarts soup 

96 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 

12 bottles (pint) apollinaris 

24 jars extract of beef 

48 quarts lactated food 

I barrel oatmeal 

I case dried fruit 

I sack sago 

I sack tapioca 



12 bottles ginger ale 

24 cakes soap 

12 cans imperial cream 

3 brooms 

12 pajamas 

6 pails 

12 cases jelly 

6 bed-pans 

60 nightshirts 

24 suits underwear 



EIGHTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 



24 cans condensed milk 
24 quarts soup 



I chest tea 

I suit underwear 



6th, 9TH, lOTH, 13TH, i6th, 2IST INFANTRY. 
Delivered to Major Wood to be equally divided among the above regiments. 



118 bottles apollinaris 

I barrel rice 

24 cans imperial cream 

144 quarts soup 

24 quarts lime juice 

I box lemons 

192 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 

I chest tea 

72 cakes soap 



3 cases jellies 

I case oranges 

24 bottles malted milk 

12 bottles bouillon 

I box crackers 

12 packages tobacco 

12 pipes 

6 cases (^ pints) champagne 



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SIGNAL CORPS. 

148 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 
I box lemons 



12 packages breakfast food 

1 barrel rice 
24 cans condensed milk 

2 cases dried fruit 
96 quarts soup 

FIRST DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 



72 cans cocoa 
2 boxes crackers 



6 packages breakfast food 
24 cans condensed milk 
24 quarts soup 
2 boxes crackers 
I box lemons 



6 bottles pickles 

48 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 

I bag tea 

I bag sugar 



MAJOR POWELL. 



48 quarts soup 

I box crackers 

24 cans cocoa 

48 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 



2 packages breakfast food 

3 bottles pickles 

12 cans imperial cream 



192 quarts soup 
I box lemons 



MRS. VALENTINE MOTT. 

12 bottles whiskey 



NINTH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 



1 chest tea 24 cans condensed milk 
48 quarts soup 72 packages tobacco 

2 boxes crackers 12 pipes 

96 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 24 bottles clam bouillon 
I case jelly 

FIRST ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS. 



48 quarts soup 

^2. box lemons 

24 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 

1 box crackers 



6 bottles port vs^ine 

100 abdominal bandages 

I quart bottle blackberry brandy 



ENGINEERS' HOSPITAL. 

48 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 4 bottles lime juice 

12 bottles clam bouillon 6 pairs slippers 

24 quarts soup lo pounds sago 
8 bottles ginger ale 

LIGHT ARTILLERY BATTERY. 



96 quarts soup 

144 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 

I box crackers 

%, box jelly 

10 pounds tea 



16 jars extract of beef 

I box cocoa 

I cot 

12 towels 

3 hot water bags 



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THIRTEENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY. 



672 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 



CAVALRY DIVISION HOSPITAL. 



336 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 

144 quarts soup 

2 cases biscuits 

12 packages breakfast food 

36 pajamas 

15 pillows 

6 bed-pans 

15 cots 

36 suits underwear 

I box oranges 

36 wash-rags 

36 towels 



36 pairs socks 

12 bottles Piatt's chloride 

24 cans mustard 

6 hot water bags 

12 bottles pickles 

12 bottles bitters 

12 bottles lime juice 

I case crackers 

20 gallons Hygeia water 

144 cans cocoa 

24 pairs slippers 



SECOND CAVALRY FIELD HOSPITAL. 



28 suits underwear 



RELIEF TENT AT DEPOT, 



24 towels 

I can-opener 

30 suits pajamas 

24 bars soap 

12 bottles bouillon (clam) 

36 wash-rags 

6 jars jellies 

14 cots 

1 box lemons 

2 bed pans 
12 pairs slippers 
24 bottles ginger ale 



2 bottles port wine 

2 bottles whiskey 

3 jars extract of beef 
I commode 

48 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 
48 quarts soup 

1 box crackers 
34 blankets 

2 pillows 
6 sheets 
I tin pitcher 
12 squares cheese-cloth 

SECOND VOLUNTEER ENGINEERS. 



3 bottles blackberry brandy 

124 cans condensed milk 

124 bottles apollinaris 

528 qts. canned goods (fruits and vegetables) 

I case jelly 

3 commodes 

36 bottles bouillon 

14 cots 

432 quarts soup 

3 brooms 

72 bars soap 

4 comfort bags 
I pitcher 



I case oranges 
72 cans {j4 lbs.) cocoa 
12 bottles bitters 
6 bottles whiskey 
3 bottles port wine 
I box lemons 

1 box dried fruit 
12 bottles pickles 

2 pails 

18 pairs slippers 

30 gallons Hygeia water 

1 box shredded wheat 

2 boxes crackers 



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1 bread knife 

2 belts 

24 handkerchiefs 
6 suits underwear 
12 bottles lime juice 



12 packages breakfast food 

I case jelly 

I sack sago 

24 bottles Piatt's chloride 

12 cans mustard 

DIET KITCHEN (MRS. WILLARD). 



648 quarts canned goods 

200 bottles apollinaris 

4 boxes crackers 

3 jars malted milk 

I box lemons 

I bottle jelly 

12 jars extract of beef 

360 quarts soup 

24 cans imperial cream 



24 cans condensed milk 

I case cocoa 

I barrel oatmeal 

12 packages breakfast food 

48 handkerchiefs 

48 bottles bouillon 

3 jars jelly 

12 jars clam broth 



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THE LONG ISLAND CITY RELIEF STATION. 

W. H. Baldwin, Jr., President. 

Mrs. a. G. Hammond, Chairman. 

Mrs. E. Dale Appleton, Vice-Chair man. 

Miss Ida Chester Reid, Secretary. 

Mrs. Henry Marquand, Treasurer. 

Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes, Assistant Treasurer. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
Mrs. Paul Dana, Mrs. Robert C. Cornell, Miss Cooley. 

Long Island City Relief Station. 
Long Island City, N. Y., 

October 6, 1898. 
William T. Wardwell, Esq., Chairman, 
Executive Committee of 

The American National Red Cross Relief Committee. 

Gentlemen : 

Herein contained is my report, which I beg to place before you, of the 
work accomplished at the Long Island City Relief Station, since its inau- 
guration on August 27th to date of writing, which is also the date of clos- 
ing the station. 

I will endeavor to prove to your satisfaction, how completely the 
after-events justified the action of your Committee, in undertaking this 
most essential branch of the Red Cross Relief labor. 

On the above-mentioned day, marked by the arrival from Camp Wikofif 
of the 71st New York Regiment, I was requested by Mr. Cleveland H. 
Dodge, Chairman of Committee on Supplies, to establish a shelter and 
refreshment pavilion for the accommodation of soldiers leaving the 
Camp at Montauk Point. On the first day we secured four rooms, but 
the work assumed such large and satisfactory dimensions, that I was com- 
pelled to move. 

Hearing of this work, and being aware of the great necessity for the 
same, ex-Mayor Patrick J. Gleason magnanimously offered to place at 
the disposal of the Committee his capacious three-story building, opposite 



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the Long Island Railroad Station, for the purpose of establishing a 
hospital for the sick soldiers, and a shelter for those who might be 
compelled to pass the night. 

Up to this time in many instances, owing to lack of floor space on 
which to erect cots, we were obliged to provide carriages for many of the 
men who arrived from Camp Wikoff in such a condition of exhaustion 
that they could neither stand nor walk alone, and we sent them to hotels 
and hospitals in New York City. 

The three floors contained space for one hundred cots. Electric fans, 
electric light, gas for cooking, etc., were also supplied, and with a kitchen, 
ice box, and lavatories on each floor, we had the premises in perfect 
working order and everything essential to the comfort of those whose 
interests we strove to look after. 

However, the demand for accommodation increased, and fifteen tents 
were set up, each having room for six cots, and there was also erected in 
close proximity to these tents a temporary kitchen structure, so that meals 
could be served to men who were convalescent and who came in large num- 
bers to our station. As a result of this we were enabled to feed several 
hundred men at one time. We had completed arrangements for comfort- 
ably housing and feeding nearly two hundred men nightly, supplying 
them with skilled medical attention and trained nurses. The ambulances 
placed at our disposal by Auxiliary No. i, proved to be invaluable in 
the results accomplished. Clothing and delicacies of all kinds sent from 
the Supply Depot, in New York, were dispensed in large quantities. 

The Station was visited and inspected on the second day of September, 
by the President of the United States, accompanied by the Secretary of 
War and Mrs. Alger, and on being conducted through the wards they ex- 
pressed in most unqualified terms of praise their approval of all the 
arrangements. On the fifth day of September Surgeon-General Sternberg, 
accompanied by Doctor J. W. Brannan, visited the station, and they also 
expressed their approval. In conclusion, I beg to state that the records 
show a sum total of fourteen thousand men fed during the time the Long 
Island City Station was open. 

About three thousand sick men were cared for, two hundred and fifty 
were sent to hospitals, and fifty to convalescent homes. About six thou- 
sand dollars were expended for the carrying on of the work, and these 
facts, together with the fact that six thousand dollars of the soldiers' money 
passed through the hands of our clerks for safe-keeping, all tend to prove 
the wisdom of the action of your honorable Committee in authorizing the 
establishment of the Long Island City Red Cross Relief Station. 

Of the kindness of Mr. W. H. Baldwin, Jr., President, I cannot speak 
too highly, and we are all deeply indebted to him for his advice and guid- 



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ance in many complicated business matters, and for his many personal 
services rendered to the sick in hospital. 

Before closing this report I desire also to recommend to the notice of 
the American National Red Cross Relief Committee, how nobly and 
efficiently I was aided in the good work by the officers associated with me ; 
and also by many volunteer workers, who seemed to consider no sacrifice 
too great, of time, expenditure, or talents, to help along this most benevo- 
lent enterprise. I remain, gentlemen. 

Yours respectfully, 
A. G. Hammond, Chairman. 

The following is a partial list of the regiments which were supplied 
with refreshments from our station. 

2d U. S. V. Engineers. 22d Infantry, 

8th Ohio, 900 men. 24th " 

ist Illinois. 202d 

6th U. S. Cavalry. 12th " 

District of Columbia Regt. 3d " 

loth Cavalry. 9th Cavalry. 
Rough Riders 700 men. 

Long Island City, Oct. 5, 1898. 

To THE Executive Committee of the American National Red 
Cross Relief Committee. 

On Sept. ist, 1898, it was decided by the officers of the Long Island 
Railroad Company to render all the assistance possible to the ladies of 
the Red Cross, in looking after the sick soldiers arriving at Long Island 
City. I was directed to give them all information to inspect trains, 
determine the condition of the men, the advisability of their continuing on 
their journey, etc. ; met all trains arriving from Montauk with a number 
of employees and some gentlemen representing the Red Cross. Most of the 
soldiers came in on the three trains arriving after 6 p. m. During the 
first two weeks, every train was loaded with men who were emaciated and 
weak and too sick to travel alone ; some were so ill that it was found 
necessary to carry them on stretchers. Some of these men were conval- 
escing from fever, others were developing it, and, as the records of the 
hospital show, a number of them afterwards suffered with typhoid fever. 
The men from each train were taken to the Relief Station and put in bed. 
Their temperatures, taken in all cases, showed from loi to 106 degrees ; 
after receiving some nourishing food and medical attention, they rested dur- 
ing the night. The day following, in a great many cases the temperature 



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went to normal, and these men continued on their journey ; but most 
of them were very weak, and in some instances they had a relapse before 
they reached their destination. In a great many cases the temperature 
remained high, and these cases were sent to the various hospitals for 
treatment, leaving each day in our station eight or ten men who were 
not well enough to go on, or sick enough to be sent to a hospital. 

For the first two weeks, every available space was occupied at night 
by sick soldiers (there were about 106 cots in the station and about 60 in 
the tents). These men had been discharged from hospitals at Camp 
Wikoff, and arrived at our Relief Station the same day after a journey of 
116 miles. The long journey and the excitement of the same, caused a 
rise in temperature in most every case. In some cases men were so weak 
upon arrival that it was thought best to send them immediately to a hospi- 
tal. Private Allen died in the ambulance before he reached the hospital. 
In the case of Hubbell (8th Ohio), for example — when he entered the 
Relief Station, he was emaciated and weak, his extremities were cold, and 
he had a cyanotic appearance, and the general impression was that he 
would die within a few hours. I speak of this case, because Surgeon- 
General Sternberg saw it himself. With good nursing and care he 
recovered sufficiently to be removed to the New York Hospital, where he 
is at present, improving daily. There are a number of other cases 
equally serious as these we have mentioned. 

We also desire to show the Red Cross record of the number of specially 
bad cases that we have observed, and of which we have full record. 
During the last two weeks the number of patients fell off very rapidly 
and those that came in were detained longer, and more carefully observed 
than those at the beginning. The following is a complete statement of the 
cases treated at the hospital from Sept. 15th to date : 

Days in 
No. of Relief 
Cases. Cases. Station. Result. 

Simple Jaundice i 6 . . . . Cured. 

Dysentery i 7 . . . . Improved sent to N. Y. Hospital. 

Pneumonia and Malaria i 2. . . . " " Womans' Inf. 

Haemoptysis (possible tuberculosis of 

Lungs) ... I r.... " " N. Y. Hospital. 

Acute Dilatation of Heart (Mitral 

Regurgitation).... 1 4.... " " " 

TyphoidFever 2 ]j;;;; \\ \\ p.^s. Hospital. 

Malaria 27 1 1 1 . . . . All cured but one, who was almost 

cured when sent to Conval- 

escent Home. 

34 141 

Average 4 days. 



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Of all these cases there are complete records in our possession. There 
are about a dozen more cases, the records of which were sent to the hos- 
pital with the patients. All of these patients were really sick and needed 
treatment in bed. This list includes only those patients that came under 
our care for some length of time, and were all either sent to hospitals or 
kept here until they were cured, or able to join regiments, with some fur- 
ther care. One patient was unconscious and delirous most of 24 hours ; 
he recovered and was sent to a convalescent home. The temperature of 
the malarial cases ranged between 103 and 106, when they were received 
at the hospital. There were a great many cases of malarial and typhoid 
fevers that were given temporary relief, but were not detained in the Relief 
Station because of leaving to go with their commands, or because they 
were in a hurry to get home. There have been a great many minor ail- 
ments such as headaches, colds, etc., treated. 

For the first two weeks can safely say that 75 per cent, of all that came 
in were sick, and needed care and medical attention ; the third week about 
50 per cent., and the fourth week about 25 per cent. The various 
hospitals in New York, Brooklyn, and Long Island City were always ready 
to send their ambulances and doctors to remove the sick ones. During 
their short stay in our Relief Station, they were cared for by trained 
nurses, and received proper medical attention. The house was always 
kept in the most orderly condition, the closets and sinks clean and 
well disinfected. Clean bedding was used after each cot had been occu- 
pied. In several instances it was found necessary to burn the clothes 
and bedding of some of the men, as they were filled with vermin. The 
last two weeks two cars have been fitted up as hospital cars, by our 
Red Cross Auxiliaries, with nurses and doctors in charge, running between 
Montauk and Long Island City, making the journey for the sick men 
pleasant and less exhausting. 

These cars for the last few days have been in charge of the United 
States Government. Major Appell meets each train and has the men 
transferred to a boat, and from there they are taken to the different 
hospitals. To see that this was done smoothly, we met each train and had 
our men and stretchers at their disposal for the prompt remoral of 
the sick. 

Respectfully submitted, 

J. Frank Valentine, M. D., 

Chief Surgeon L. I. R. R. 

Joseph Roby, M. D., 

Surgeon in charge of Relief Station. 



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STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF THE RED CROSS 
RELIEF STATION, LONG ISLAND CITY. 

1898 Receipts. 

Sept. 7th, F. D. Tappen, American National Red Cross Relief 

Committee $r,ooo 00 

Sept. 8th, Ambulance Equipment Society, Auxiliary No. i 5.000 00 

Sept. 7th to Oct. 10th, various donations per detail statement "A" 

annexed 2,467 76 

Total receipts $8,467 7^ 

Disbursements. 

Sept. 5th to Oct. loth, maintenance of Relief Station, etc., per 

detail statement " B " annexed 7^050 38 

Balance on hand $i,4i7 38 

I have examined the accounts of the Long Island City Red Cross 
Relief Station, and hereby certify that the above statement of receipts and 
disbursements, and the statements in detail annexed hereto, are correct 
as shown by the books and accounts. 

Albert B. Bierck, 

Certified Public Accountant. 

STATEMENT "A." 
Receipts. 

F. D. Tappen. Red Cross Committee $r,ooo 00 

Red Cross Auxiliary No. i, Ambulance Equipment Society 5. 000 00 

Contributions. 

Walter G. Oakman $1,000 00 

Chas. L. Phipps 10 00 

Miss Duryea, Newark 5 00 

Queen's Co. Bank, L. I. City 100 00 

W. L. Chambers 25 00 

Through Mrs. R. A. Pryor 50 00 

Soldiers' Relief Com., Poughkeepsie, through Miss Holmes 100 00 

Morristown Auxiliary No. 14, through Sarah Randolph, Treas. ... 20 00 

C.C.Andrews 1000 

Miss Amy Duryea, Newark, N. J 10 00 

Through Mrs. I. N. P. Stokes, 

Bertha H. Potter $ 15 00 

Grace H. Potter 10 00 

Mrs. J. Kennedy Tod no 00 

Gertrude Minturn 5 00 

Mrs. R. B. Minturn 50 00 

190 00 

Amount carried forward 1.520 00 



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Amount brought foward 

Dr. C. E. Beebc 25 00 

Through Mrs. Henry Marquand, 

Miss Marian Satterlee $ 5 00 

Mrs. Theo. K. Gibbs 50 00 

Mrs. Robert Bacon 100 00 

Mrs. W. B. Thomas 100 00 

Mrs. Bayard Thayer 50 00 

Oyster Bay Red Cross Auxiliary No. 67 100 00 

Northern Westchester County Red Cross Auxiliary 

No. 20 341 63 

Executive Committee 

Bedford Sub-Com 

Chappaqua Sub-Com 

Golden's Bridge Com 

Katonah Com , 

Mt. Kisco Com 

Mrs. Hoppin, Mt. Kisco 

Meeting held at M. E. Church, Mt. Kisco , 

Through Mrs. Van Orden, South Salem 

Anonymous 

Received account lunches 

Through A. C. Nissen, 2d Lieut., from 6th Cavalry 

Merchandise sold 



746 63 


25 


00 


40 


00 


75 


00 


9 


00 


II 


00 


7 


50 


25 


00 


139J13 


10 


00 


144 


58 




55 


20 


00 


II 


00 



2,467 76 



Total receipts $8,467 76 

STATEMENT " B." 

Disbursements. 

Bread | 117 34 

Food supplies for maintenance of attendants and for regiments 

and soldiers 2,612 42 

Medicine, surgical appliances, etc 319 82 

Furnishings 337 61 

Gas 16 43 

Mineral water 40 25 

Cooking range and utensils 8139 

Account soldiers' money lost 36 50 

Gift Dr. Roby 50 00 

Gift for attendants for gratuitous services rendered 30 00 

Stationery and Red Cross bands 13 55 

Contribution to St. John's Hospital for the equipment of a special 

ward for the care of sick soldiers 5CX) 00 

Donation to widow of L. I. City Patrolman Bushman 75 00 

Milk 317 67 

Amount carried forward 4,548 00 



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Amount brought forward $,4548 oo 

Ice 71 44 

Laundry 213 54 

Cabs 36 30 

Revenue and postage stamps 4 20 

Telephone rental 52 00 

Ambulance Service, 

Horse hire and care (shoeing) 520 00 

Wages 157 00 

Salaries of attendants 940 35 

Transportation furnished 135 23 

Telegrams, ferriage and sundries 39 59 

Mr. Brown's (clerk) wages 100 00 

Petty cash disbursed before opening books 10 00 

Petty cash loss 2 75 

Mr. Cleveland H. Dodge, covering petty expenses previous to 

opening books 220 00 

Total disbursements $7,050 38 

Respectfully submitted, 

Katharine C. Marquand, 

Treasurer. 



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REPORT OF RED CROSS HOSPITAL WORK IN PORTO 

RICO. 

Port Ponce, P. R., August 4th, 1898. 
Dear Miss Chanler . 

On receipt of your note I spoke to Doctor Greenleaf, and he said he would have you 
and one of the other Red Cross nurses remain in Porto Rico to assist in hospital work, 
and I am informed that he has made the necessary arrangements accordingly. I am 
gratified by this, as it will enable you to avoid a disagreeable ocean voyage and place you 
where you can continue your charitable and noble work. 

For the assistance already rendered by you, and those associated with you, please ac- 
cept my sincere thanks. 

Very truly yours, 

Nelson A. Miles, 
Major-General Commanding U. S. Army. 

Upon receiving this letter from Gen. Miles, Miss Bouligny and I were 
relieved from duty upon the United States Transport Lam_pasas by Miss 
Isabelle Rutty, and were ordered to Ponce, under the care of Doctor Voegel 
of the Red Cross, by Colonel William M. Black commanding the Laftipasas. 
On reaching Ponce we entered a building flying the Red Cross flag. This 
was the headquarters of the Society in Ponce. I offered the services of 
two untrained women members of the American Society, and we were 
told that a schoolhouse and a club house were fast filling up with United 
States soldiers, and that our services would be gratefully accepted by the 
Porto Ricans who were providing these two hospitals. The schoolhouse 
proved to be a one-story building with a capacity for thirty beds. It was 
already overcrowded with men who had developed fever on landing. 
There was no accommodation for us in or near this schoolhouse, but the 
second hospital, the club, was a two-story building, the lower floor of 
which was occupied by printing presses, while the upper floor contained 
eight or ten rooms ; two of these rooms were wards ; the billiard room 
and the libraries were used by the club members as usual ; an empty 
room was offered to us, and the ladies of the Porto Rican Red Cross fur- 
nished this room before night. We lunched at the Cafe Fran^ais, and ar- 
ranged to take our mid-day and evening meals there. Then we turned 
our attention to the hospital, which was virtually put under our charge 
from that moment, as the following letter will show : 



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CoMisiON Departamental de la Cruz Boja de Ponce. 
a. 
Mme. Anna Bouligny : 

Accediendo 4 los desoes manifestados por V. en union de la Sta. Da Margarito Chan- 
ler de prestar sus servicios en los Hospitales que en esta Cuidad tiene establicidos la Cruz 
Boja ; con el fin dehacer mas eficaz suintervencion, y de' mejores resultados sus servicios, 
en mi caracter de Presidente de la Comision Departamental de dicha Associacion, me 
permito suplicarle se sirva admitir el nombrannento que por el presente hajo en favor de 
V. de encargada Administradora del Hospital numero dos, establecido en la Associacion 
de Dependientes. 

Ruego a V. se sirva honrarme aceptando este nombramento, y entregar desde luego 

en el ejercicio de sus funciones. 

Dios que a Vms. as. 
Ponce a 4 de Agosto de 1S98. Luis Gauthier. 

The patients were provided with cots, shirts, and drawers, a certain 
amount of bed linen and towels. Every article contributed was marked 
with a Red Cross. The service was performed by a number of negresses 
engaged for fifty cents a day ; one in each hospital spoke English. None 
knew anything about nursing, diet, or hygiene. In the schoolhouse there 
was a male interpreter. The medical attendance and the medicines were 
also contributed by the Red Cross Society. The doctors gave their ser- 
vices willingly ; and the presence of a number of people in each hospital 
showed the interest Ponce was taking in the sick American soldiers. The 
negresses and male attendants wore brassards. After obtaining a doctor's 
permission to place a sign upon the doors forbidding the entrance of any 
person not engaged in the care of the sick, we made a list of the patients' 
names, placing one above each cot. The doctors made their rounds over 
again for our benefit. We next visited the kitchen. In both hospitals a 
negress was preparing boiled milk and such light diet as the patients were 
allowed. Miss Bouligny took entire charge of both kitchens. From that 
time on I gave her the doctor's orders every morning, and she marketed 
and supervised the preparation of all nourishment, generally cooking, her- 
self, several hours a day, as we never succeeded in finding a cook who 
could be entirely trusted. 

As we did not live in the schoolhouse it was impossible to divide our 
time equally between the two hospitals. In a few days I succeeded in 
having all grave cases brought to the club, and all convalescents estab- 
lished in the schoolhouse. The washing, an important department, 
where the supply of linen was very limited, was done by laundresses, 
quickly and faithfully. The items of expense in these tvvo hospitals were 
nourishment, washing, medicine, and service. 

Finding that the American soldier needed an American doctor, I su- 
perseded the Porto Ricans by the regimental surgeons, whose soldiers 
were under my care. The latter were ignorant of climatic conditions, but 



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the patients obviously identified the Porto Rican doctors with their 
enemies. The foreign tongue bewildered them, whereas every man in the 
ward felt better after the visit of a regimental surgeon. I cannot speak 
with too much gratitude of the attendance of Doctors Toral, Moret, and 
Amadeo. The latter, who had studied medicine in New York, was event- 
ually placed in charge of the schoolhouse by Colonel Greenleaf. When I no 
longer accepted the attendance of the native doctors, I felt much hesita- 
tion in allowing the Porto Ricans to maintain the hospitals. I knew that 
both were temporary shelters while the Spanish military hospital was being 
disinfected and organized, so I did not apply to Colonel Greenleaf for Gov- 
ernment support, which would have entailed much official regulation, but 
I gladly accepted generous contributions from officers and other Ameri- 
cans who visited the hospitals and recognized their usefulness. 

On the day of our arrival there were only five patients in the club 
house, but it rapidly filled up. An excellent hospital-corps man, who was 
detailed to follow a number of soldiers, sent to me from his regiment 
which was leaving Ponce, became ward master, and such of the patients 
as were able helped him in his work. At night an old Porto Rican woman 
whom I had found on duty, took our places, to the entire satisfaction of 
the doctors and the patients. Although she did not speak a word of 
English, the men waited anxiously for her to come every evening, and 
many of them said to me " Barbara is a mother to us." 

Every patient received at either hospital had fever, accompanied with 
chills or dysentery. Many recovered after a few days of strict dieting and 
would return to their regiments, saying, " Well, Sister, I guess I '11 go back 
to the boys and leave that yellow fruit for the natives." The serious cases 
were those which developed into typhoid. 

Within a fortnight the hospital-ship Relief left Ponce for New York, 
having on board all of the patients of the club who had not returned to 
duty or been transferred to another hospital. 

Feeling that we had no right to accept the hospitality of the Socildad 
de los Dependientias, now that the military hospital was opened for the re- 
ception of American soldiers, I rented a small cottage of four rooms and 
returned the club to its members. 

The schoolhouse was still full. It became a branch military hospital 
and remained one until the public schools re-opened in September, by 
which time the number of sick was not greater than the capacity of the 
large military hospital. 

Miss Bouligny and I continued to nurse and supervise in this hospital. 
We spent some part of every day there. The hospital steward from the 
club was placed in charge by Colonel Greenleaf and drew rations and 
medicine, thus practically relieving us of the financial charge. 



265 

Neither here nor at the large military hospital was it possible to make 
any separate provision for the accommodation of ofificers. Five who fell 
ill while we were at the club were brought to us there. The day after we 
moved into the cottage two more came and asked if we could take them in. 
Miss Bouligny found seven others, for whom rooms were taken by their 
friends and supplied them with nourishment and bed Hnen, visiting each 
several times a day at their solicitation, and securing medical attendance. 
This additional demand upon her time and strength fortunately ceased after 
the establishment of the officers' hospital. 

In a few days the house was overcrowded by seven patients. I then 
rented the two-story stone house in the Callemayor which became known 
as the officers' hospital. 

The owner of this house, a lady who lived next door, agreed that we 
should take possession that evening. When I returned, expecting to find 
the doors open for me, my landlady said " that she had changed her mind 
upon hearing that I belonged to the Red Cross and intended to fill her 
house with sick people." I was wearing my Red Cross uniform in the 
morning when I engaged the house and she did not deny that I had spoken 
of it as a hospital. The real objection in her mind seems to have been that 
her son-in-law was fighting in the Spanish army and had sent word to the 
Porto Rican Red Cross Society that " his powder was for the Americans 
and his bayonets for the Red Cross." I mention this as it is the only in- 
stance in which the Society was treated with discourtesy. We moved into 
the house the next day and remained there until September 8th. Three 
orderlies were detailed to assist us, one of them a hospital-corps man. 

Officers in the United States Army are entitled to medical attendance, 
and, as in the club, regimental doctors and Doctor Moret, who was at this 
time employed by the United States Government, were unfailing in their 
care. 

The hospital was subject to daily inspection from headquarters and re- 
ceived cots and bed linen from Colonel Greenleaf. The status of the 
patients was sick in quarters. 

Each patient pays the same amount which an officer pays when he is in 
a post-hospital. 

On August 30th, four patients were taken from this hospital to the 
Reliefs which sailed for Philadelphia. 

The Philadelphia Relief Society visited the hospital on August 21st, 
bringing many comforts which added materially to the well-being of the 
patients. I would not accept the money previously offered by this Asso- 
ciation, because I had been told that the founders had not wished to be 
auxiliary to the Red Cross Central Relief Committee, and while we had 
not received any directions from the American Red Cross since establish- 



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ing ourselves in Ponce, as volunteers of that Association we felt ourselves 
and our work to be its representatives in Porto Rico.* 

The Red Cross flag was flying upon the club house when we reached it, 
and went with us as we moved to the cottage and the officers' hospital. 

The Porto Rican Red Cross Society continued to befriend us. We 
were constantly visited by men and women offering assistance and assuring 
us of their interest. 

When the prisoners captured in Coamo reached Ponce, fourteen of 
them were ill and sent to the schoolhouse. I gave them the centre of the 
building putting the Americans in three rooms at one end. The Spanish 
patients conformed in every particular to the rules of the hospital and 
were on friendly terms with the Americans. They asked to have the same 
rations and that the bathroom be put at their disposal from two until four 
every day. Each patient was as neat and careful as I could wish, and 
when the representative of the Philadelphia Relief Association visited this 
hospital, both the Spaniards and Americans wrote letters, to which each 
patient signed his name, expressing their gratitude for the books and 
delicacies bestowed upon them. 

On September 8th Miss Isabella Rutty reached Ponce with trained 
nurses enlisted in the hospital corps of the United States Army. 

Feeling that these professional women could assume our work, I 
offered the hospital to General Wilson, free of rent, for the next few weeks 
with all that it contained, and Miss Rutty with several of her nurses re- 
lieved Miss Bouligny and me the next day. On the ninth, Miss Bouligny 
and I drove to Coamo in an ambulance with Maj. L. L. Seaman, Surgeon 
I St U. S. Volunteer Engineers. 

At Coamo we found a field hospital of over 300 beds. The conditions 
were not such that we felt justified in offering our services. The only 
woman in the hospital was Mrs. Lewis, the mother of two soldiers in the 
3rd Wisconsin Volunteers. Mrs. Lewis had been at Coamo about a 
fortnight and fell ill of the fever, from which most of the patients were 
suffering, a day or two after our arrival. Three miles from Coamo we 
found the Coamo Springs Hotel where there were few guests and comfort- 
able accommodation. In three weeks fourteen patients, including Mrs. 
Lewis, were brought to us there and a number of officers were sent to the 
officers' hospital in Ponce. Here, as in Ponce, Miss Bouligny took 
charge of the diet, and a surgeon from the Coamo Field Hospital visited 
the patients daily. 

On October 2d the trained nurses asked for by Major Johnson, 

* Miss Bouligny's expenses for the entire summer were assumed upon our return by 
Auxiliary No. 3. 



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the brigade surgeon-in-charge of the Coamo hospital, reached Coamo 
and we proceeded to San Juan. 

At General Brooke's desire we did not open a hospital there until the day 
of the Spanish evacuation. As in Ponce, an officers' hospital seemed an 
immediate need. The large military hospital had to be disinfected and 
the officers' ward there was not ready until November 22. In the 
interim twelve officers were received and nursed by me.* 

One of the nurses, Miss Tower from Michigan, fell ill with typhoid 
fever, from which she died in December. 

Doctor Burrell, of the Massachusetts Bay State asked me to take charge 
of and distribute a cargo of hospital supplies, which were eagerly accepted 
by the surgeons within reach of San Juan and at Arecibo. 

When the officers' ward in the San Juan Military Hospital was ready to 
receive inmates, the five military Hospitals on the island, where women 
nurses were acceptable, were all equipped with graduate nurses. Miss 
Bouligny and I then returned to the United States upon the U. S. 
Transport Minnewaska, by order of General Henry. 

Margaret Livingston Chanler. 
New York April 27, 1899. 

Number of Patients Received in Hospitals. 

Number Deaths 

Patients received at the Club, Ponce 5° ° 

Received at the School, Ponce 46 o 

Received at the Officers' Hospital, Ponce, before Sept. 2d, 20 o 

Received at the Coamo Springs Hotel 14 ° 

Received at the Officers' Hospital, San Juan 12 o 

Total 142 o 

* Colonel Hoff, Surgeon-in-Chief of Puerto Rico, asked Miss Bouligny to prepare the 

nurses' quarters at the Military Hospital. Before this could be done, five trained nurses 
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REPORT OF FIELD AGENT IN PORTO RICO FOR THE 
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS. 

August 20 to November //, 18^8. 

To THE Executive Committee : 

Red Cross relief work for Porto Rico began with the arrival of a 
detachment of female nurses before the American and Spanish armies had 
ceased hostilities. These nurses, however, were ordered back to the 
States at once as attendants for returning sick and wounded soldiers. 

On the loth of August the Executive Committee commissioned me as 
the Red Cross Field Agent for Porto Rico, and put me in charge of a 
cargo of relief supplies then on the S. S. Concho, which sailed from New 
York Aug. 13, and arrived at Ponce Aug. 20. 

During the voyage, with the aid of a good military map of the island, 
and of information obtained before sailing as to the location of the differ- 
ent divisions of the army, the line of Red Cross work afterward followed 
was fully determined. 

The army was in three divisions. The eastern under Gen. Brooke was 
above Guayama. The central under Gen. Wilson was at Ponce and 
vicinity. The western under Gen. Schwan was in Mayaguez and the 
neighboring region. It seemed to be the natural course to visit these 
divisions as soon as possible, ascertain their sanitary condition, give sup- 
plies as needed for the sick, wounded, and convalescent, and then, after 
supplying the American forces, to visit the Spanish camps and hospitals 
and provide for them. Afterwards, headquarters for stores and operations 
should be fixed at the most central convenient port for receiving goods 
from New York, and distributing them with the least cost and difficulty to 
all army stations. 

The plan outlined was closely followed, circumstances making it 
easily possible to do so. The Concho arrived at Ponce, Aug. 20. Two 
days afterward, the ship with the cargo of Red Cross stores still unbroken 
on board, started for Arroyo, the port of Guayama, about thirty miles 
east of Ponce, where Gen. Brooke's command had its base of operations. 
There a large selection of relief supplies was left in charge of Chief Sur- 
geon Huidekoper, of the Division Hospital at Guayama. Nothing could 



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have been more auspicious as the beginning of Red Cross work in Porto 
Rico than this quick and free transportation of supplies to a distant 
command, with the minimum of labor and delay, at a period of most 
urgent need. 

Returning, the Concho reached Ponce again on the 25th. The same 
night, on ascertaining that the S. S. Alamo was to proceed the next day 
to iMayaguez and Arecibo, I arranged for lighters to put a cargo on board, 
to be divided between these two ports, intending the first for Gen. 
Schwan's command, and the second for the Sixth Mass., at Utuado, the 
latter to be landed at Arecibo. The surgeon of the Sixth Mass. was 
accordingly notified by wire to have wagons sent up to Arecibo to meet 
the Alamo on her arrival. Everything worked admirably. The Alamo 
reached Mayaguez, Aug. 27th, and ample supplies for the hospital of Gen. 
Schwan's command were landed at Mayaguez, and delivered to Dr. 
Bailey K. Ashford, Surgeon-in-charge, who expressed most cordial and 
grateful appreciation. 

Thence the Alamo proceeded, Aug. 29th, to Arecibo, which port was 
reached on the same day. There the wagons of the Sixth Mass. from 
Utuado were found in readiness to receive the consignment of goods 
brought for them, which were put in charge of Asst. Surgeon of the Sixth 
Mass., Dr. F. A. Washburn. 

At Arecibo was a strong force of Spanish troops, having a military and 
a Red Cross hospital. The Spanish military commander, the captain of 
the port, and the chief surgeon of the Red Cross hospital personally gave 
the kindest attentions, conducting me to all the military quarters and 
hospitals, yet while expressing thanks for the offer of goods from the 
American Red Cross, they declared they were not in need, as was 
evidently the case. 

On the same day, Aug. 29th, my visit and departure having been 
wired to the Spanish Governor-General Macias at San Juan, I took train 
thither, reaching the capital in the evening. The next day, with an inter- 
preter, I visited Gen. Macias at his headquarters, was most cordially 
received, given the freedom of the city, especially including all the forts, 
barracks, and hospitals, and on inquiry allowed, if I chose, to make any 
photographs of the military works, concerning which he said it did not 
matter, as they would be so soon in the hands of the Americans. Five 
days were spent in San Juan. The forts, barracks, and hospitals of the 
Spaniards were visited, but all need of American Red Cross supplies was 
courteously disavowed, evidently with truthfulness, for signs of want were 
nowhere apparent. Gen. Macias kindly gave me a pass through all the 
Spanish military guards and civil jurisdiction under his command, 
throughout the island of Porto Rico. With this pass I started from San 



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Juan, Sept. 2d, by coach for Ponce. At Caguas I was politely invited 
by the German Consul General of Porto Rico, Herr Adolph Rauchen- 
plat, who had been travelling alone in his coach behind me from San 
Juan, to join him in his carriage, and send mine back to San Juan. The 
invitation was heartily accepted. We dined together at Cayey. On 
reaching Aibonito, while our relay of horses was being harnessed, and we 
had been surrounded by the Spanish soldiers and townspeople, engaging 
in pleasant chat with them, suddenly the captain of the Spanish troops 
with a guard appeared and marched us unceremoniously to the guard- 
house. There we were challenged, and a parley ensued, until I showed 
my pass from Gen. Macias. The change of front was spectacular, apolo- 
gies were profuse, but I ended the affair by insisting successfully that the 
officer sign his name to my pass, which was already rather heavily over- 
loaded with the names of military and civil magnates, both Spanish and 
American. 

This trip was memorable, not only for the enjoyment of a ride over 
one of the best long roads in the world, amid the displays of all tropical 
fruits and flora, views of many characteristic people, habitations, customs, 
and cultivated sections of the island, but for the intelligent and charming 
exposition of everything, together with discussion of the- social, political, 
military, and commercial interests and problems of Porto Rico, at the 
present stage of affairs, by Herr Rauschenplat, whose English speech 
scarcely betrays his German vernacular or his customary Spanish. 

Arriving at Ponce on the evening of Sept. 2d, on the following day 
storage for Red Cross goods was secured in the Custom House at the 
Playa, or Port of Ponce, which continued our only headquarters during 
work in Porto Rico. The distribution of goods commenced on Sunday, 
Sept. 4th. The goods at first distributed in Ponce were the remainder of 
the cargo brought on the Concho, but left in charge of and lightered off 
of the Concho, and carefully stored by kind agreement in the Custom 
House, when I was obliged to depart on the Alamo for Mayaguez and 
Arecibo, or lose a most valuable opportunity for distributing stores where 
urgently needed. 

The plan of distribution first adopted was fixed upon after mature 
deliberation, and later experience afforded no reason to vary from it. 
Every applicant not seeking for himself alone was interrogated as to the 
number of sick or convalescents for whom the goods were desired, and 
informed that our goods were specifically for these classes. The amount 
bestowed was in view of the number of sick thus reported. Then on a 
sheet of paper, headed by the date of application all articles were recorded, 
checked off when taken, and the signature of the officer applying was 
affixed. Then my official stamp as Field Agent was affixed, and the paper 



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put on file as a voucher. All goods received by steamer came into 
the office under my personal supervision, and with very few necessary 
exceptions, none went out without it. 

On Sept. 4th, the office work of the Red Cross in Porto Rico was in- 
augurated with five representative issues of stores, which became matter of 
record. As the later files show, the number rapidly multiplied and the 
office work was increased by a constant procession of single applicants for 
small things. A dose of medicine, a pencil, an abdominal band, a comfort 
bag, something to read, a pair of stockings, a handkerchief, a towel, a little 
stationery, — such applications alone made work enough for one man, and 
one had to be secured, Corporal Patrick Syron was detailed from the First 
Engineers, and his help was invaluable. 

As the work was increasing very rapidly, and appeals pouring in from 
all the camps and hospitals, the Executive Committee sent as my assistant, 
Gen. W. T. Bennett, who arrived Sept. 7th, on the Setieca^ which also 
brought a fresh and valuable cargo of stores. 

Having, like myself, had army experience in the Civil War, Gen. Ben- 
nett easily grasped the situation, and while I attended specially to the dis- 
tribution of goods at the office, he gave efficient help in managing the 
outside relations of the work, made doubly exacting by the necessity of 
lightering off all goods from ships, and transferring them by native porters 
to the headquarters, amidst piles of army stores, and a horde of omni- 
present and vigilant thieves. Any lull in the office work was improved by 
me in visiting hospitals and camps, and noting how goods were received 
and distributed. 

By frequent consultation of the official figures at the Chief Surgeon's 
office of the sick rate at all military stations on the island, it was possible 
to judge correctly concerning the neediest places for sending relief, and 
also to be independent in judging the merits of applications. The extra- 
ordinary amount of typhoid fever and intestinal diseases among the troops 
was the object of thoughtful attention. Several native physicians and 
army surgeons were solicited to write their diagnoses and treatment of 
these diseases, in the hope that their combined testimony may furnish 
valuable data for guidance of physicians and surgeons who may have 
charge of our troops in the future. 

October 6th, Mr. Munroe Scott arrived from New York on the S. S. 
Chester, to be second assistant in our work. He was desirous of giving per- 
sonal service to the sick, as he had just come from such work in the North- 
ern army hospitals. But the needs at the various hospitals in Porto Rico 
were being so fully met that he gave his attention to the varied demands at 
the office, where his courteous manner and efficiency in detail were highly 
appreciated. Two ambulances were sent to Ponce in September. They 



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proved of great value in emergency cases requiring quick transportation 
to and from the hospitals, and in conveying our goods for short distances. 
It must be admitted, however, that they proved also a delicate responsi- 
bility, as everybody seemed to regard them as free pleasure coaches in 
which the Red Cross was eager to take the town to ride. 

A daily care was to note aU incoming steamers, to board them to in- 
quire for Red Cross supplies, also to note all departing steamers and pro- 
vide that all sick and convalescents had Red Cross goods enough to 
insure their comfort for the homeward voyage. The Chief Surgeons were 
successively requested not to allow any detachment of sick men to go 
home without previously notifying us, so that we might provide for their 
proper nutriment in supplement to that provided by the Government. 
It is proper to add that the surgeons going home in charge of the sick on 
ships were all properly attentive to their duty in securing Red Cross sup- 
plies for their patients. Twelve shipments were made for transports 
carrying home the sick. 

One of the duties of the office was to give first aid to the sick and in- 
jured. Hardly a day passed without our giving many doses of medicine 
to soldiers for intestinal troubles, or first dressing to men injured on the 
pier or on shipboard. We carefully gave antiseptic dressing and bound 
up gashed heads and limbs, and tenderly conveyed the unfortunates to the 
proper hospitals, or to their homes or ships. 

In September, on order from New York, we began to furnish ice 
to hospitals not already supplied. We purchased machine-made ice at the 
heavy cost of forty pesos a ton, and had arranged with the hospitals of 
Coamo and Guayama — the only ones not supplied — to send wagons weekly 
for a load. For this work we were about to establish an ice-storage plant, 
when a large cargo furnished by the Government arrived, and although 
about one hundred tons soon after came from New York, consigned to the 
Red Cross, it was not needed, nor an ice-house for storage, as the Govern- 
ment supply was freely furnished to all in need, and was so large as to last 
till the Red Cross ice, though carefully stored in a covered lighter, had 
entirely melted. Had the Government not made this provision, a free 
grant of site, lumber, and labor for an ice plant, already secured, would 
have been utilized. The same cablegram authorizing an ice supply also 
authorized the supply of milk as needed. On inquiry it was found that all 
of the hospitals were already provided with this article. In case of the 
hospital for the First Engineers, however, the ingenious surgeon, Dr. 
Proben, had opened negotiations for a cow, and we promptly insisted upon 
paying for it, but were allowed to pledge only one-half of its cost, which 
we most cheerfully did, on condition that our payment should cover the 
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A project which strongly appealed to our sympathies was the establish- 
ment of a free coffee and refreshment stand on the pier at the Playa, in 
front of our office, where drivers thronged every day, some having come 
long distances, and poorly supplied with food. We wished to give them 
bread and good beverage free of cost. Permission to occupy a suitable 
site was given by Gen. Henry and Col. ^ill, of the Custom House. An 
engineer drew up a fine plan and specifications. The lumber was prom- 
ised, but the engineers, overdriven with work, could find no time to build, 
hence a cherished plan of practical relief had to be abandoned. 

Twelve hospital tents 14 x 14 feet each, were furnished by the Red 
Cross, of which one was loaned to the Engineers' hospital, one to the 
Sixth Massachusetts hospital, and ten were located, under medical super- 
vision, beneath a row of cocoanut trees for the accommodation of conva- 
lescents awaiting transportation. A suitable trench was dug, flooring put 
in all the tents by the Engineers, and straw was furnished for bedding by 
the Quartermaster. This camp was named " Camp Barton." 

Some of the incidental work of the Red Cross was to answer letters of 
inquiry concerning missing soldiers ; to guide numerous strangers arriving 
at the port ; to get stragglers of the army into their proper quarters ; to 
help soldiers in various conditions of distress ; always to be ready with a 
kind look and friendly hand, as proper representatives of a generous pub- 
lic desiring to show full appreciation of those who upheld the nation's 
honor with the offering of their lives. Every man on the staff of the Red 
Cross in Porto Rico, could he have embo died his real preferences, would 
have spent his whole time personally with the boys in their tents or hos- 
pitals. It was a real regret to us all that from early morning until dark we 
had to be hard at work, with few exceptions, in dealing out stores and at- 
tending to duties at headquarters. But as we were serving, not a cam- 
paigning army but garrisons after hostilities had ceased, and the supply of 
surgeons and nurses was ample, there was no need of personal field service 
on our part. 

A tribute of respect and praise is demanded in honor of the army offi- 
cials of Porto Rico, especially those of the southern district, so wisely ad- 
ministered by General Guy V. Henry, now Governor of Porto Rico. The 
different departments were ably conducted. Their mutual relations were 
entirely cordial. The difficult problems presenting themselves were 
handled in a manful way. 

The Red Cross carefully avoided the role of critic or censor, and 
sought to conform to the wishes of commanders and surgeons, while 
watchfully providing for the needs of the sick as ascertained by indepen- 
dent investigation. It never made a protest, nor acted as a meddler, but 
attended stricdy to its own business, and kept in its own place as an army 



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auxiliary, and servant to the sick. Hence, from the first of its work, the 
military, naval, surgical, medical, commissary, and quartermaster's depart- 
ments treated it as a part of their own common fraternity, freely granting 
all its requests, subjecting it to no restrictions, and cordially accepting and 
forwarding its beneficent operations. We received every advantage gra- 
tuitously. Our practical judgment was invariably respected. Not in a 
single instance were our requests denied. By this cordial understand- 
ing many hundreds of dollars of expense were saved to the Red Cross, to 
say nothing of those feelings which have no equivalent in money. 

Indications of the heavy sick rate in the army of Porto Rico may be 
found in the following data, gathered at the time from official sources. 
In August the Surgeon-in-charge at Mayaguez reported to me that fully 
75 per cent, of the troops stationed there were sick in hospital or in quar- 
ters, or unfit for duty. 

Sept. loth there were in the district of Ponce over 1400 sick, including 
35° typhoid cases, 600 malarial, 350 intestinal diseases. 

Sept. 20th the official report shows 750 sick in Ponce, 799 in Coamo, 
336 in Mayaguez, 264 in Utuado, 22 in Guanica, and 328 in Guayama. 

Sept. 28th the i6th Penna. Inf. at Coamo reported 625 sick. One com- 
pany had no officers on duty, all being sick. 

Oct. 3d there were 125 sick in Ponce, 60 in Guayama, 65 in Utuado, 
40 in Mayaguez, and 491 at Coamo. Total in these places, 781. 

This great reduction in the number of reported sick was due to large 
shipments of patients to the States. 

Oct. 20th there were 747 sick in the general hospital in Ponce, 120 in 
that at Mayaguez, and 125 in that at Guayama. 

Nov. loth, 603 were reported sick in the district of Ponce. The data 
above given will best be understood if it is remembered that they comprise 
for the most part only hospital inmates. The sick in quarters were not 
generally reported, though they fully equalled in number those in hospital. 
Again, it should be remembered that those unfit for duty equalled in num- 
ber both of the other two classes. In brief, during September, October, 
and November, not more than one half of the army was available for duty. 
In September a captain of Engineers informed me that in the morning he 
had only four men report for duty. 

Several obvious causes operated to produce the great sick rate. The 
effects of exposures and hardships before reaching Porto Rico, poor and 
scanty food, malarious influences, rum-drinking, eating native fruits, the 
heavy rains, and the excessive heat were potent factors in producing the 
general illness. There was no invigoration in the atmosphere, its heat and 
humidity being very depressing, and not allowing rapid recovery after 
prostration. Almost every man lost heavily in weight, the amounts vary- 



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ing from twenty-five to one hundred pounds. This was true of those who 
were extremely careful of their diet and habits as well as of those who 
were reckless. During September and October a register of tempera- 
tures, kept by Dr. Charles I. Proben, Surgeon of the First Engineers, 
showed an average daily temperature in September of 82.52° Fahr., and in 
October, 80.136° Fahr. These figures give little suggestion of what the 
soldiers had to endure, as for instance, Sept. 30th the mercury stood 96° 
in the shade at midday, and 113° in the sun. October 3d the mercury stood 
at 92° at midday. These health conditions made every American in Porto 
Rico a fit subject for relief, but Red Cross supplies were limited as far as 
practicable to the sick and convalescent. 

The extent and direction of our Red Cross work are indicated below : 

No. of issues to 24 army hospitals 150 

" " " " U. S. transports returning North with sick 12 

" " " " Infantry, regiments and detachments loi 

" " " " Artillery batteries 24 

" " " " Cavalry troops 6 

" " " " Officers' messes 8 

" " " " Miscellaneous parties 61 

Total 362 

These issues were all recorded and vouchers filed. 

No. of issues to single applicants for their own immediate use, most- 
ly needy private soldiers, over 1200 

(These issues were not recorded). 

No. of issues of medicine to sick soldiers, applying at office, about.. 300 

Wounds dressed at office, in first aid to injured men, about 30 

Sick carried in ambulances of Red Cross, about 50 

The camps and hospitals served by the Red Cross were scattered all 
over the island, some accessible only through difficult mountain passes, 
bad roads, or by long sea voyages, necessitating weekly consultation of the 
Chief Surgeon's sick reports from all military stations, and careful study of 
the best routes and means of transportation. 

Three months' experience lead one to say that if a man knows how to 
keep a hotel, a restaurant, and a refreshment stand ; if he be a good gro- 
cer, dry-goodsman, apothecary, financier, accountant, doctor, and linguist ; 
if he have the strength of a Samson, the patience of a Job, and the 
cheerfulness of the morning lark ; if he have the power to see and say 
little, to sweat and not swear, to behold limitless suffering and be fair to 
all ; if he be pachydermous to the shafts of malicious or ignorant critics, 
diplomat enough to secure universal favor, and worthy to hold it by solid 
merit, let him try a Field A<Tency with confidence, for in such ?"orvice he 



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will need all of these qualities in abundance. And yet, in the midst of it 
all he will daily hear the sweetest words of gratitude, and feel that he is 
doing the most self-rewarding work of his whole life. 
The goods issued were as follows : 



Soups 

Potted Chicken 

Potted Turkey 

Potted Tongue 

Potted Ham 

Canned Salmon 

Boned Codfish 

Bacon 

Rolled Oats 

Oat Flakes 

Pettijohn's Breakfast 

Food 
Rolled Wheat 
Hominy 



Sugar 

Salt 

Soap 

Armour's Extract of 

Beef 
Clam Broth 
Armour's Vigoral 
Horlick's Malted Milk 
Horlick's Malted Milk 

Tablets 



Port Wine 
Whiskey 
Brandy 
Blackberry Brandy 



Lime Juice 



I. FOODS. 

Corn-starch 

Tapioca 

Flour 

Maccaroni 

Barley 

Rice 

Soda Biscuit 

Graham Wafers 

Ginger Snaps 

Evaporated Apples 

Canned Apples 

Evaporated Apricots 

Canned Apricots 

Canned Cherries 

II. GROCERIES. 

Candles 
Matches 

III. DELICACIES. 

Calves' Foot Jelly 
Fruit, Jelly, Preserves, 

Jams 
Gelatine 

Evaporated Cream 
Chocolate 
Cocoa 

IV. BEVERAGES. 

Ginger Ale 
Aerated Water 
ApoUinaris Water 
Poland Water 
Johannisburg Water 



Canned Peaches 

Canned Pears 

Canned Peas 

Canned Tomatoes 

Prunes 

Coffee 

Tea 

Cheese 

Condensed Milk 

Beans 

Split Peas 

Raw Onions 



Vinegar 
Tobacco 



Arrow Root 

Ketchup 

Pickles 

Pickled Onions 

Spices 

Black Currants 

Ice 



Unfermented Grape 

Juice 
Fruit Cordials 
Raspberry Vinegar 



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V. HOSPITAL SUPPLIES. 



Quinine 

Iodoform Gauze 
Absorbent Cotton 
Old Cotton and Linen 
Sterilized Bandages 
Sterilized Gauze 
Chloride of Lime 
Ice Bags 

Medicine Glasses 
Field Hospital Knap- 
sacks 
Fans 
Sponges 
Gauze Tudor Tents 



Sheets — full size and 

"draw" 
Pillow Cases 
Mosquito Netting 
Mosquito Canopies 
Cheese-cloth Squares 



Feeding Cups 

Tarred Paper 

Equipped Hospital 
Tents 

Upjohn's Remedy 

Davis's Painkiller 

Anti-Cholera-Remedy 

Anti-Constipation 
Remedy 

Dubisson's Liniment 

Seidlitz Powders 

"Sun" Cholera Mix- 
ture 

Beef, Iron and Wine 

VI. DRY GOODS. 

Towels 
Napkins 
Pajamas 
Night-shirts 
Surgical Shirts 

VII. EQUIPPED COTS. 



Army Salve 
Russia Salve 
Polar Salve 
Vaseline 
Witch Hazel 
Cough Remedy 
Mustard 
Talcum Powder 
Rose Water 
Combs 
Hair Brushes 
Tooth Brushes 
Whisk Brooms 
Slippers 



Negligee Shirts 
Suits Underwear 
Flannel 
Socks 
Handkerchiefs 



Paper 



VIII. STATIONERY. 
Envelopes Pencils 

IX. READING MATTER. 



For ten hours a day during three months the process of distributing 
these goods went on. A frequent expression of the surgeons and officers 
as they came to the headquarters was, " You have saved many lives." The 
soldiers often remarked, " If it were not for the Red Cross we would 
have died." A suggestive incident was the writing of a large number of 
letters of thanks by the soldiers, which the writer brought home to present 
to the donors of some extra well-furnished "comfort" bags. 

The President of the United States, the Surgeon-General, and the 
Chief Surgeon of Porto Rico have gratefully and gracefully acknowledged 
the efficient work of the Red Cross. I bring home also from generals, 
colonels, and surgeons of the army in Porto Rico testimonials to the same 
effect. 



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The generous donors of all gifts, great and small, to the Red Cross 
work in Porto Rico, and the officials of the Red Cross in New York, 
deserve unstinted thanks and praise for their bountiful and efficient service 
to their flag's defenders in the fairest isle of the Antilles. 
Respectfully submitted, 

Horace F. Barnes, 

Field Agent, Porto Rico. 

New York, Dec. 8, 1898. 



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LIST OF SUPPLIES RECEIVED FROM FIRMS, INDIVIDUALS, 
AND AID SOCIETIES OTHER THAN THE AUXILIARIES. 

Careful lists were kept of supplies received, but in the pressure of the 

work during the summer, it is possible that some have been omitted. 

The Committee wishes to take this opportunity of acknowledging their 

thanks to those who so generously have sent supplies, and at the same 

time to thank the business firms in the city who co-operated with them in 

prompt shipment of supplies, and in liberal discounts off the regular 

prices. 

Riverdale Relief Committee: 222 pajamas, 113 night-shirts, 12 under- 
shirts, 150 abdominal bands, 178 towels, 432 wash cloths, 144 handker- 
chiefs, 12 pairs socks, 105 pairs slippers, i case lime juice, i case canned 
fruit and jelly, 12 articles wearing apparel, 31 sponges, stationery, 42 
cases soup, 5 cases coffee, 2 cases malted milk, i case soap, to- 
bacco. 

Needlework Guild of America : 278 sheets, 574 pillow cases, 49 pajamas, 
286 night-shirts, 135 negligee shirts, 212 undershirts, 212 under- 
drawers, 53 abdominal bands, 677 towels, 514 wash cloths, 1180 
handkerchiefs, 245 pairs socks, 19 bandages. 

St. Mark's Church, Islip, L. I.: 4 sheets, 4 pillow cases, 91 pajamas, 72 
night-shirts, 60 undershirts, 66 towels, 8 wash cloths, 108 handker- 
chiefs, I comfort bag, 72 pairs socks, 12 pairs slippers, i case canned 
fruit and jelly, 115 bandages, tobacco, 44 yards flannel. 

Women's Relief Association, Lockport, N. Y.: 50 sheets, 103 pillow cases, 
82 pajamas, 93 night-shirts, 94 negligee shirts, 535 towels, 155 hand- 
kerchiefs, 42 comfort bags, 151 pairs socks, 181 pairs slippers, 2 cases 
and 3 barrels literature, tobacco, i case and i barrel groceries. 

W. C. T. A., Osceola, Tioga Co., N. Y.: 18 sheets, 36 pillow cases, 6 night- 
shirts, 12 towels, 113 cheese-cloth squares, 46 comfort bags, 57 slings. 

Soldiers' Aid Society, Painesville, Ohio : 40 sheets, 108 pillow cases, 47 
pajamas, 127 night-shirts, 27 abdominal bands, 97 towels, malted milk, 
9 pieces mosquito netting. 

Ladies of Fishkill Village : 60 sheets, 24 pillow cases, 12 pajamas, 35 night- 
shirts, 148 towels, 89 handkerchiefs, 40 yards muslin. 

Mrs. Underwood, Oswego, N. Y.: 12 sheets, 10 pillow cases, 7 pajamas. 



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43 night-shirts, i6 undershirts, i6 underdrawers, 24 abdominal bands, 

54 towels, 18 handkerchiefs, 39 pairs socks, 24 suspenders. 

Mrs. P. G. Moody, Winchester, Mass.: 18 sheets, 79 pillow cases, 3 pajamas, 

55 negligee shirts, 48 abdominal bands, 35 towels, 58 handkerchiefs, 
12 bandages. 

G. A. R., Dept. of Ohio, W. R. C., Chagrin Falls, O.: 3 sheets, 2 pillow 
cases, 6 pajamas, 7 night-shirts, 6 abdominal bands, 12 handkerchiefs, 
5 pairs slippers, i case canned fruit and jelly. 

W. R. A. Harbor Branch, Ashtabula: 31 sheets, 112 pillow cases, 6 
pajamas, 7 night-shirts, 15 abdominal bands, 78 towels, 43 handker- 
chiefs, 23 comfort bags, 2 barrels canned fruit and jelly. 

Mrs. Lydia Graves, Ox Bow, Jefferson Co., N. Y.: i night-shirt, 43 negligee 
shirts, 30 abdominal bands, 30 cheese-cloth squares, 15 handkerchiefs, 
26 pairs socks. 

Mrs. J. N. Hoben, L. I. City: 4 pillows, 8 pajamas, 12 pairs socks, 7 
articles wearing apparel, i case soap, 12 fans. 

Anonymous, Winota, Wis. : 12 pajamas, 10 night-shirts, 40 abdominal 
bands, 50 towels, 120 handkerchiefs, 40 bandages. 

Mrs. J. F. LeBarron, Manasquam, N. J.: 2 blankets, 22 sheets, 46 pillow 
cases, 2 night-shirts, 37 towels, ^6 handkerchiefs, 5 pairs socks. 

Soldiers' Aid Association, Asbury Park, N. J.: 50 pillow cases, 11 pajamas, 
10 night-shirts, 9 abdominal bands, 100 towels, 3 cheese-cloth squares, 
50 bandages, 51 pillow bags. 

Mrs. Ed. F. Saxe, Montclair, N. J. : 6 sheets, i pillow, 6 pillow cases, 3 towels. 

Trinity Church, Connersville, Ind.: i sheet, 2 pillows, 2 pillow cases, 117 
handkerchiefs. 

Miss H. Martin, Warren, R. I.: 14 sheets, 12 pillow cases, 6 night-shirtsl 
102 handkerchiefs. 

Sanitary Relief Association, New Haven : 453 pajamas, 106 night-shirts, 
252 abdominal bands, 16 pairs socks, i case lime juice, i case beef 
extract, i case granum, no bedside records. 

Anonymous, Hightstown, N. J.: 10 sheets, 36 pillow cases, 24 handker- 
chiefs, 16 pairs socks, i case canned fruit and jelly. 

Calvary Sub. Aux., East Liberty : 42 sheets, 243 pillow cases, 62 pajamas, 
700 sponges. 

Mrs. H. N. Miller, Mt. Morris, N. Y.: 24 sheets, 67 pillow cases, 21 
pajamas, 51 towels, 61 cheese-cloth squares, 48 handkerchiefs, 12 
combs, 6 hair brushes, 25 tin cups, 16 tin basins. 

State Board of Pardons, Delta, Ohio : 16 sheets, 23 pillow cases, 6 night- 
shirts, 9 towels, 33 wash cloths, 6 handkerchiefs. 

Mrs. H. H. Hollister, Islip, L. I.: 8 pajamas, 24 towels, 6 wash cloths, 16 
cheese-cloth squares, 10 bandages. 



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Anonymous, Dobbs Ferry : 2 sheets, 4 pillow cases, 8 pajamas, 48 night- 
shirts, 30 negligee shirts, 2 towels, 48 handkerchiefs, 66 pairs socks. 
Mrs. E. A. Handy, Cleveland, Ohio : 34 sheets, 23 pillow cases, 86 

pajamas, 68 night-shirts, 18 negligee shirts, 360 abdominal bands, n 

pairs socks. 
Anonymous, Pittsfield, Mass.: 24 sheets, 24 pillow cases, 88 towels, 66 

wash cloths, 158 handkerchiefs, 4 pieces mosquito netting. 
Anonymous, New Brighton, Pa.: i pajama, 30 night-shirts, 2 negligee 

shirts. 
Emergency Club Auxiliary, London, Ohio : 33 sheets, 72 pillow cases, 6 

pajamas, 36 night-shirts, 15 towels, $6 socks. 
Miss L. J. Philip, Sharon, Conn.: 36 sheets, 66 pillow cases, i night-shirt, 

12 towels. 
Anonymous, Watertown, N. Y.: 42 sheets, 16 pillow cases, 24 pajamas, 

16 night-shirts, 38 abdominal bands, ;^:^ handkerchiefs. 
Miss Martin, Ellicott City, Md.: 30 sheets, 30 pillow cases, 27 pajamas, 15 

night-shirts, 18 towels, 12 wash cloths, 48 handkerchiefs, 18 pairs socks. 
Mary W. Slee, New Windsor, N, Y.: 32 sheets, 13 pajamas, 30 night-shirts, 

189 handkerchiefs, 12 pairs slippers, literature, 18 bandages, stationery. 
Mrs. J. W. Gilchrist (Aux. 53), Greensburg, Pa.: t,^ sheets, 54 pillowcases, 

7 pajamas, 15 night-shirts, 20 abdominal bands, 24 towels. 
Miss C. E. Halsey, Astoria, L. I.: 41 sheets, 45 pillow cases, i suit pajamas, 

16 night-shirts, 20 negligee shirts, 4 undershirts, 4 underdrawers, 45 

towels, 147 handkerchiefs, 79 pairs socks, i case canned fruit and jelly, 

2 barrels groceries. 

Ladies of Sharon: 6 pillow cases, 13 night-shirts, 12 towels, 6 wash 
cloths. 

Red Cross Society, Des Moines, Iowa: 68 sheets, 53 pillow cases, 56 
pajamas, 30 undershirts, 30 underdrawers, 4 handkerchiefs, 7 pairs 
socks, 12 pairs slippers, 132 bandages, 39 oakum rings. 

Anonymous: 10 sheets, no pajamas, 12 night-shirts, 3 abdominal bands, 

3 handkerchiefs, 50 comfort bags, i case literature. 

Mrs. Dayton Relyea : 15 sheets, 52 pillow cases, 2 night-shirts, 2 hand- 
kerchiefs. 

Grace Church, White Plains : 84 sheets, 76 pillow cases, 98 pajamas, 83 
night-shirts. 

Through Mrs. Andrew H. Smith, Elberon, N. J.: 274 sheets, 12 pajamas, 
45 abdominal bands, 10 towels, 392 handkerchiefs. 

Mrs. C. A. Sherwood, N. Y. City : 8 sheets, 8 pillow cases, 6 night-shirts, 
5 underdrawers, 5 undershirts. 

Mrs. N. B. Sherman, Honesdale, Pa.: 6 sheets, 3 pillow cases, 4 night- 
shirts. 



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Mr. Allien, Riverdale, N. Y.: lo pajamas, 9 night-shirts, 38 abdominal 

bands, 24 towels, 5 pairs slippers. 
Miss Julia M. Stevens, Chenango Co.: 6^ sheets, 16 pajamas, 58 night- 
shirts, 42 handkerchiefs. 
S. J. Brown, Stamford, Ct.: 10 towels, 20 cheese-cloth squares. 
Irvington Village Relief Society : 125 night-shirts, 70 abdominal bands. 
Three Little Girls, Greenwich, Ct., 12 pillow cases, 12 wash cloths, 

II cheese-cloth squares, 6 handkerchiefs. 
R. H. List, Wheeling, W. Va.: 4 night-shirts, 3 abdominal bands, 50 fans, 

I case wine. 
Union Aid Association, Derby Line, Vt.: 24 pajamas, 18 abdominal bands, 

179 handkerchiefs, 12 comfort bags. 
Miss R. H. Fowler, Richmond Hill, L. I.: 39 night-shirts, 112 towels, 47 

handkerchiefs, 75 slings. 
War Emergency Relief Board, Cleveland : 58 pillows, 9 towels, i barrel 

canned fruit and jelly, i barrel medical supplies, i barrel groceries. 
Through Miss Laura Day, Southampton : 12 abdominal bands, 22 towels. 
Miss Gurnee, Bar Harbor : 14 pajamas, 48 night-shirts, 48 handkerchiefs, 

cocoavena. 
Red Cross Relief Auxiliary, Waterbury, Conn.: 22 pajamas, 318 abdominal 

bands, 46 handkerchiefs, cocoavena. 
Mrs, W. H. Sabin, Williamstown : 26 abdominal bands, 52 towels, 20 

wash cloths. 
Eagle Rock Chapter, D. A. R., Montclair, N. J.: 18 night-shirts, 72 pairs 

socks, 2 cases lime juice, 25 bandages. 
Henry E. Russell, New Britain, Ct. : 6 sheets, 12 pillow cases, 26 

pajamas, 240 abdominal bands, 36 handkerchiefs. 
Mrs. J. E. Hutton, Ridgewood, N. J. : 19 pillow cases, 38 night-shirts, 57 

handkerchiefs. 
Mrs. Shrole, Brooklyn, N. Y. : 6 pajamas, 6 handkerchiefs, i pair socks. 
Dr. S. K. Deemy, Frenchtown, N. J. : 60 wash cloths, 98 comfort bags, 10 

Testaments. 
Mrs. A. T. Campbell, Jr., Montclair, N. J. : 100 pajamas, 24 abdominal 

bands, 100 handkerchiefs, i barrel literature, tobacco. 
Mrs. C. A. Bensee, Houlton, Me. : 8 pajamas, 21 night-shirts, 19 abdom- 
inal bands, 19 towels, 12 handkerchiefs. 
Woman's War Relief, Middleville, N. J. : 38 sheets, 64 pillow cases, 7 

pajamas, 81 towels, 6 hot-water bags. 
Miss F. L. Vose, Wyckoff, N. J. : 9 pajamas, 16 night-shirts, 28 abdominal 

bands. 
Miss Baker, Alpine, Bergen County, N. J. : 12 pajamas, 3 night-shirts, 22 

abdominal bands, 41 cheese-cloth squares. 



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Mrs. W. B. Newell, Buffalo, N. Y. : 40 pillow cases, 53 towels, 14 wash 
cloths. 

Mrs. F. B. Livingston, Liverpool, Ohio : 56 pajamas, 17 night-shirts, 15 
articles wearing apparel, 15 tray cloths. 

Miss Harris, Hotel St. Marc: 6 pajamas, lime juice, canned fruit, 17 
finger stalls. 

Mrs. A, C. Brooks, Ridgewood, N. J. : 5 pajamas, 13 night-shirts, 25 ab- 
dominal bands, 24 handkerchiefs, 140 bandages. 

Mrs. John Ellis Blake, New York City : 23 pajamas, 24 wash cloths, 48 
handkerchiefs, 12 comfort bags. 

Mrs. J. H. Boyd, Monmouth County : 40 comfort bags. 

Mrs. W. A. Read, New York City : 4 pillow cases. 

Anonymous, Roslyn, L. I. : 4 pajamas, 10 night-shirts. 

Buckingham Relief Corps, Norwalk, Ct. : 6 pajamas. 

Mr. Arthur Wood, Cornwall : 5 cots. 

Anonymous, Seal Harbor : 4 pajamas, 44 towels. 

Roscoe C. Hatch (Aux. 82), No. Berwick, Me. : 12 handkerchiefs, 50 pin 
cushions. 

Ladies of Darien and Noroton, Conn. : 12 night-shirts. 

Miss M. H. Garrard, Bellport, L. L : 9 comfort bags. 

Mrs. S. P. Prentice, Monmouth Beach : literature. 

E. L. Ely, Norwalk, Conn. : 100 cheese-cloth squares, 2 cases literature. 

N. Y. Free Circulating Library : i barrel literature. 

Mrs. J. E. L. Davis, N. Y. City : 50 towels. 

Mrs. Roland Redmond, N. Y. City : 51 night-shirts. 

Anonymous, Cornwall, N. J. : 14 night-shirts, i case canned fruit and jelly. 

Miss Livingston : 72 handkerchiefs. 

Anonymous, Bar Harbor, Me. : 13 neghg^e shirts, 8 pairs slippers. 

Ladies of the Ban Mere Inn, Lake Sunapee : 15 night-shirts. 

Sewing Committee, Navesink, N. J. : 6 night-shirts. 

Pullman Palace Car Co. : 2 pajamas, 38 night-shirts, 26 handkerchiefs. 

Miss Avery, N. Y. City : 434 handkerchiefs. 

Anonymous, Glen Ridge, N. J. : 100 abdominal bands, 72 towels. 

Mrs. Beebe, Quogue, L. L : 72 towels, 14 comfort bags. 

Ladies of Forest House, Lake Mahopac : 48 abdominal bands. 

Through Miss Dominick, Monmouth Beach : 358 wash cloths. 

Blind lady : 4 cheese-cloth squares. 

Mrs. Schiff : 80 handkerchiefs. 

Ladies of Bayside, N. J. : 12 night-shirts. 

Presbyterian Church, White Plains : 35 pajamas. 

Pocahontas Chapter Patriotic League : 100 cheese-cloth squares. 

Through Mrs. Finlay, N. Y. City : 40 towels, 12 wash cloths. 



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Miss Anna Steers, N. Y. City : 6 pillows. 

Hospital Book and Newspaper Society : 2 cases literature. 

Mrs. Paul Fuller, Wyckoff, N. J. : 34 cheese-cloth squares. 

Mrs. F. MacLaren, Litchfield, Ct. : 12 comfort bags. 

Anonymous, Merrick, L. I. : 66 abdominal bands. 

King's Daughters, Sanbornhill, N. H. : 7 pajamas. 

Mrs. Chas. Godfrey, Southampton : 16 abdominal bands. 

Steiner & Son, N. Y. City : 36 pajamas. 

H. K. Cushing, Brooklyn : 2 cases literature. 

Mrs. R. R. Bogert, Brooklyn : literature. 

Mrs. E. H. Lawrence, Flushing : i case literature. 

Klee & Co., N. Y. City : literature. 

Mrs. Sam'l Sloane, Jr., Garrison's : literature. 

Quogue Relief Corps : 5 cots. 

Miss A. D. Miller, Asbury Park : 12 towels. 

Mrs. V. R. Schenck, Jersey City : wearing apparel. 

Red Cross Society, Livingston Co. : 2 pajamas, 6 night-shirts, 2 barrels 

canned fruit and jelly, 6 clinical thermometers. 
Miss M. A. Leland, N. Y. City : i case literature. 
Miss Archbold, Lake George : 52 abdominal bands. 
Miss Wilder, N. Y. City. : 15 abdominal bands. 
R. T. Tobin, Dept. R. I. W. R. C. : i case literature. 
E. Cohn, N. Y. City : literature. 
L. E. Peterson, East Orange : 2 cases literature. 
Mrs. Wm. Munroe, N. Y. City : i case literature. 
Mrs. F. J. de Peyster, N. Y. City : 3 pajamas, 6 night-shirts. 
Mrs. S. P. Miller (Aux. 69), N. Y. City : 12 pajamas , 8 pillow cases, tobacco, 

groceries. 
Miss Travers, Riverdale : 100 pajamas, 100 night-shirts. 
Clarence T. Nathan, N. Y. City : 9 negligee shirts. 
Mrs. Jacob, Glen Cove : 24 pajamas. 
Mrs. C. A. Dana, Glen Cove : 18 pajamas. 
T. H. Gillespie, N. Y. City : wearing apparel. 
Mrs. A. J. Ditman, Englewood, N. J. : 22 night-shirts. 
Mrs. Seligman, West End, N. J. : 373 abdominal bands. 
Mrs. W. Gillies, Dutchess Co. : 81 bandages. 
Mrs. Martin, South Orange : 10 night-shirts. 
D. Appleton & Co., N. Y. City : 3 cases literature. 
Guild King's Daughters : 50 comfort bags. 
Alail and Express : 5 cases literature. 
St. George's Parish, Central Falls, R. I. : 60 cheese-cloth squares, 2 pairs 

socks. 



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Mrs. J. L. Banks, New Hamburg: 12 night-shirts. 

Inmates of Blind Asyhim : 21 towels. 

Miss Pomeroy, Nyack, N. Y. : 3 pajamas, 3 cheese-cloth squares. 

Lawson Bros., N. Y. City : 2 pajamas. 

Mrs. Bellamy, Amagansett, L. I. : 26 towels. 

Junior S. I. Sewing Circle : 5 towels, 72 handkerchiefs, 13 comfort 
bags. 

Mrs. C. H. Kimball, N. Y. City : 2 towels, literature. 

Mrs. C. D. McClellan, Galena, 111. : 14 night-shirts. 

Ladies' Centenary M. E. Church, Jersey City : 17 towels. 

Through Dr. Gottheil, Catskills : 528 pairs socks. 

Mrs. John Ferry, Irvington : 81 towels, 

Mrs. F. Mangold, Irvington : literature. 

Mrs. Slawson, N. Y. City : literature. 

Mrs. HolHns, East Islip, L. I. : 300 comfort bags. 

Woman's Club, Englewood : 2 pajamas, i night-shirt. 

M. E. Church, White Plains : 21 pajamas. 

Anonymous, Baltimore, Md. : 4 sheets, 7 towels, i case groceries. 

Miss H. N. Russell, N. Y. City : 50 handkerchiefs. 

Anonymous, Scarsdale, N. Y. : 12 pajamas. 

Ladies of Kent House, Greenwich : 34 night-shirts. 

Ladies of New Dorp, S. I. : 132 abdominal bands. 

Mrs. J. O'Connor, Cherry Valley : 10 pajamas, 15 night-shirts. 

Mrs. F. Carroll, Philmont, N. Y. : 61 sheets, 10 bandages. 

Mrs. Tiernan, N. Y. City : 38 towels. 

St. John's Church, Cleveland, Ohio : 6 sheets, 18 pillow cases, ^6 pajamas, 
113 abdominal bands, i case soap. 

Freund, Floise & Co. : 36 towels. 

Mrs. Henry A. Robinson, Yonkers : 4 pillows, tobacco. 

Mrs. Gillelan, Greenwich, Ct.: 12 pajamas, 12 night-shirts, 216 handker- 
chiefs. 

Young Women's Christian Association : 118 pajamas. 

K. C. Baker, Great Neck, L. I.: 24 pajamas, 88 night-shirts, 5 articles 
wearing apparel. 

Mrs. W. Piatt Pepper : 62 pillows. 

Mrs. Brown, N. Y. City : 95 pajamas. 

Anonymous, Bar Harbor, Me.: 13 night-shirts, 8 pairs slippers. 

Mrs. C. A. Kip, N. Y. City : literature. 

Church of Holy Spirit, Danbury : 40 abdominal bands. 

Messrs. Cornell & Millspaugh, Brooklyn: 21 pajamas, 12 handker- 
chiefs. 

Mrs. Norman Day, Norwich, Ct.: 15 wash cloths. 



Ivy Club, N. Y. City : literature. 

Mrs, John Minturn, N. Y. City : 84 towels, 24 pairs socks, litera- 
ture. 

Mrs. W. S. Jones, Red Bank, N. J.: literature. 

H.W. Munsill, Allenhurst, N. J.: 72 negligee shirts, 288 pairs socks, i case 
soap, 5 cases canned fruit and jelly. 

Mrs. H. P. Mauson, N. Y. City .-131 abdominal bands. 

Mrs. Mary Lord Harrison, Old Forge, N. Y.: 6 abdominal bands, 186 
towels. 

J. H. Stribling, Kansas : 10 pillow cases, 5 pillows, 5 pajamas. 

Miss C. B. Townsend, Flushing : 6 pajamas. 

Sister Frances, Flushing, L. I.: 48 bandages. 

Mr. Obry, Dakota Flats, N. Y. City : literature. 

Ex-Senator Evarts, N. Y. City : 38 abdominal bands. 

N. Y. Free Circulating Library : 2 barrels literature. 

E. M. Burns, Herkimer, N. Y.: 8 pajamas. 

Mrs. A. de Bary, Summit, N. J.: 18 night- shirts, 60 abdominal bands. 

Woman's Club, Englewood, N. J.: 15 pajamas. 

Misses Scott, Bar Harbor, Me.: 4 comfort bags. 

Mrs. R. C. Cornell, N. Y. City : 3 articles wearing apparel. 

Mrs. J. J. McComb, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.: 18 pajamas. 

E. Kastor, Long Branch, N. J.: 24 pairs socks. 

Miss Peterson, East Orange, N. J.: 4 cases literature. 

Mrs. E. N. Gibbs, Norwich, Ct.: 27 wash cloths, 116 cheese-cloth squares, 
48 handkerchiefs. 

Circle King's Daughters, Hudson, N. Y.: 52 abdominal bands. 

Mrs. Enslie, Orange : 2 cases literature. 

E. Clement, Tompkins Cove, N. Y.: 25 pillow cases, literature. 

Mrs. Harold Hadden, N. Y. City : 372 handkerchiefs, 84 bandages. 

Ladies of Dean House, Lake Mahopac : 15 night-shirts, 12 abdominal 
bands. 

Mrs. A. M. Slosson, N. Y. City : 7 pajamas. 

Miss Stevenson, Islip, L. L: 12 pajamas, 6 wash cloths. 

Miss Dorrance, Providence, R. I.: 14 sheets, 45 pillow cases, 114 towels. 

Alice C. Smith, Williamsburg, Va.: i case literature. 

Millicent Porter Chapter, D. A. R., Waterbury, Ct.: 140 abdominal bands. 

Congregational Church, River Falls, Wis.: 29 night-shirts. 

Mr. R. C. Derby, Dark Harbor, Me.: 9 pajamas. 

Six Little Red Cross Helpers, Islip, L. I.: 16 pairs socks. 

W. C. T. U. and Relief Association, Perth Amboy : i case wearing ap- 
parel, I barrel literature. 

Miss Emma Dodge, Providence, R. I.: 12 handkerchiefs, 65 bandages. 



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Mrs. Hegeman, Southampton : 6 pajamas, 13 night-shirts. 

Miss Gillette, East Orange : 40 abdominal bands. 

Anonymous, Wyckoff, N. J.: 3 cases literature. 

Mrs. W. S. Karr, Hartford, Ct.: 3 pajamas. 

Miss A. H. Dreyfus, N. Y. City : literature. 

From little girls in the States : 81 cheese-cloth squares, 

Louise Whitin, W. New Brighton : i case literature. 

Misses Stich, Friend and Newberger : 37 comfort bags. 

J. C. Cooley, Westchester : 2 cases literature. 

Gen. C. C. Dodge, N. Y. City : i case literature. 

Mrs. E. D. Page, Oakland, N. J.: 24 abdominal bands. 

Church of Ascension, N. Y. City : 12 pajamas. 

Mrs. C. R. Gill, Bay Ridge : 15 pajamas, 

St. Mark's Girls' Guild: 102 cheese-cloth squares. 

Mrs. G. L. Hunt, Linn, Kansas : 7 sheets, i pillow case, i towel. 

Miss Gwynne, Rye : 13 sheets, 164 pillow cases. 

Mrs. A. C. Brooks, Ridgewood : 8 pajamas, 2 abdominal bands. 

Mrs. Henry A. Dunbar, Ridgewood : 52 abdominal bands. 

Miss Kelsey, Red Hook : 13 articles wearing apparel. 

Mrs, B, N. Whitehead, Harrison, N. J.: 2 cases wearing apparel, 

Weil & Haskell : 1140 pairs socks. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Franco-American Soup Co.: 20 cases soup. 

American Sugar Refining Co.: 4 barrels sugar. 

Anker : 2 cases bouillon capsules, 

John S. Huyler : 12 boxes chocolate, 

E. La Montagne & Sons : 25 cases claret. 

Bolen & Byrne : i barrel ginger ale. 

Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co.: 50 cases imperial cream. 

Holland Coffee Co., Limited : 2 cases coffee. 

Reed & Carnrick : i case medical supplies. 

Volunteer Aid Assoc'n, Boston : 510 gauze nets for tents, 

John J. Ryan & Sons : 10 packing cases, 

St. Luke's Hospital : 3 cases surgical supplies. 

Michaelis & Sons : 100 boxes cocoavena. 

Pond's Extract Co.: 6 cases Pond's Extract. 

Vantine & Co.: 24 Japanese fans. 

Lister Sav. Co., Limited : i case Lister Sav. 

Cereal Mfg. Co.: 24 packages crushed white oats, 

Munn & Co,: 2000 Scientific Americans. 



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American Compressed Food Co.: i case canned soups and vegetables. 

Henry B. Piatt : i8 cases Piatt's chloride. 

Freund & Co.: 2 bales pillows. 

Niagara Co., Lockport : 2 barrels wheatlet. 

G. F. Coshland & Co.: 2 cases wine. 

Stern & Saalberg : i case Bromangelon. 

Mrs. Brinckerhoff, Hastings-on-Hudson : i electric fan (complete). 

The Sanitas Co.: i case disinfecting fluid. 

Western Electric Co.: 4 12-inch fan motors. 

James Pyle & Sons : 5 cases Pearline. 

Asepta Chemical Co. : i case Aseptoline. 

James P. Smith & Co.: 5 cases pickles. 

P. Ruhlman & Co.: 5 boxes oranges. 

Babbitt's Soap Co.: 150 cases soap and 150 cases soap powder. 

Holland Head Screen Co.: 50 head screens. 

E. Taussig & Co.: 12 cans chloro-naptholeum. 
Hitchcock Publishing Co.: 1000 war songs. 

Wells & Richardson, Burlington, Vt.: 4 cases Lactated Food. 

Hygeia Distilled Water Co.: 1000 gallons Hygeia Water. 

Mrs. W. F. O'Keef, Randolph, Mass.: i box salve. 

Mrs. C. C. Dodge : i case cereal milk. 

Cereal Mfg. Co.: 2 cases cereal milk. 

Mrs. F. A. North and ladies. Short Beach, Conn.: 1 1 1 tobacco bags (filled). 

Daisy Chain Society, Schroon Lake : 32 tobacco bags (filled). 

Mrs. S. W. Kellogg, Waterbury, Conn.: 7 cases and i barrel supplies. 

Mr. Reed, Rye : i case lime juice. 

J. H. Lee, Goshen : i barrel grape juice. 

Borden's Condensed Milk Co.: 10 cases condensed milk, 10' cases 

evaporated cream, 2 cases condensed coffee. 
Lalance & Groejean Mfg. Co.: 74 bed-pans, 49 urinals, 25 chambers, 7 

pitchers, 6 coffee pots, 2 tea pots, i coffee boiler. 
L. J. Callanan : 12 boxes gelatine, 12 boxes cocoa, 12 jars beef extract, 12 

bottles raspberry vinegar, 12 bottles lime juice, 12 bottles liquid 

rennet, i pound arrow root. 
The Proctor & Gamble Co.: 1000 cases soap. 
American Food Co., N. Y. City : 53 cases soup. 
Park & Tilford, N. Y. City : 15 cases groceries. 
W. H. Ross & Bro.; N. Y. City : 2 cases lime juice, barrel ginger ale, case 

of wine. 
C. H. Tompkins, Somerville, N. J. : 14 cases canned fruits and jellies. 
Miss Jennings, N. Y. City : 30 cases canned fruits and jelly. 

F. de Bary Sc Co., N. Y. City : 10 cases wine (champagne). 



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Mr. John E. Cowdin, N. Y. City ; lo cases lime juice, 2 cases beef ex- 
tract, 3 cases ginger ale, 3 cases bouillon capsules, 3 chests tea, 100 
lbs. tea. 

American Compressed Food Co., Passaic, N. J. : i case soup. 

Mrs. J. W. Brent, Carlisle, Pa.: i barrel wine. 

Mrs. C. W. Bowers, East Orange, N, J.: canned fruit and jelly. 

Anonymous, Montclair, N. J.: i case wine. 

Mrs. Robert Burton, Cedarhurst, L. I.: 4 cases wine. 

J. H. Lee, Trenton Harbor, Mich.: i barrel wine. 

Anonymous, Schenectady, N. Y. : i case canned fruit and jelly. 

United Agency Co., N. Y. City : 16 cases mineral water. 

Mrs. Cranberry, N. Y. City : tobacco. 

Mrs. R. G. Ingersoll : tobacco. 

Mrs. J. A. Bronson, Lockport: 8 barrels and 6 cases canned fruit and jelly. 

Mrs. Chas. R. Flint : i case canned fruit and jelly. 

Miss Dehon, N. Y. City : 2 cases tobacco. 



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CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BY FREDERICK D. TAPPEN, 

Treasurer American National Red Cross Relief Committee, 

May 21, 1898 TO March 17, 1899. 

Arnold, Constable & Co., N. Y. City $ 2,500 00 

Mrs. Anne C. Coleman, Lebanon, Pa 100 00 

\Vm. T. Waidwell, N. Y. City 1,000 00 

" Britisher" i 00 

M. Stachelberg & Co., N. Y. City 25 00 

W. F. Chrystie, Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y 25 00 

First Universalist Church of Hudson, N. Y 5 00 

Anonymous 2 00 

Mrs. J. A. Hewlett, Brooklyn 25 00 

Mrs. Cornelia Ward Howe, N. Y. City 100 00 

Mrs. H. W. Harris, East Orange, N. J 25 00 

Wm. N. Dykman, Brooklyn 25 00 

Mrs. Henry A. Bogert, Flushing, L. 1 50 00 

Mrs. Catherine G. Clarkson, N. Y. City 10 00 

Walter S. Gurnee, N. Y. City 250 00 

E. H. Harriman, " 100 00 

Mrs. Thomas Garner, " 25 00 

Emanuel Baptist Chapel, Orange Valley, N. J 20 00 

Morris K. Jesup, N. Y. City 1,000 00 

Addison Brown, " 10 00 

James Byrne, " 15 00 

Mrs. James \V. Embury, N. Y. City 5 00 

George H. Page, N. Y. City 100 00 

Frank L. Sheldon. " 1000 

Prescott Hall Butler, " 5000 

William D. Guthrie, " 1 00 00 

Richard M. Bruno, " 30 00 

Sears & White, " 500 

Giovanni Lordi, " 1000 

Mrs. Harry Whitney Treat, Tarrytown, N. Y 10 00 

Vermilye & Co., N. Y. City 250 00 

Leroy B. Crane, " 1000 

Mrs. Anna A. Bradford, Lenox, Mass 100 00 

Alexander J. Sheldon, N. Y. City 2 50 

Miss Kate Aycrigg, " 1000 

Thomas J. Farrell, " 10 00 



291 

Mrs. E. Bergh-Brown , N. Y. City $ 10 00 

A. W. Gerstner, " 5 00 

" A Friend," N. Y. City 100 00 

W. J. Burns, " 10 00 

Mr. W. L. Harkness, Cleveland, Ohio 1,000 00 

Wm. L. Andrews, N. Y. City 25 00 

Allen & Jonassohn, " 1000 

Rev. Wm. Adams Brown, ' ' 10 00 

Catlin & Co. , " 100 00 

Henry H. Cook, " 100 00 

Thos. L. Manson, Jr. & Co., N. Y. City 100 00 

The Heller & Merz Co., " 25 co 

Schefer, Schramm & Vogel, " 100 00 

The Safety Car Heating and Lighting Co., N. Y. City 25 00 

James D. Fessenden, N. Y. City 20 00 

Mrs. Stewart Williamson, So. Orange, N.J 10 00 

Eugene Blanc, N. Y. City 5 00 

"AFriend," " roo 00 

Clarence H . Eagle, " 5 00 

A. Wimpfheimer & Bro. , N, Y. City 100 00 

Mrs. S. V. Harkness, " 250 00 

Edward S. Harkness, " 250 00 

Mrs. Rosenna Smith, " 10 00 

N.Shapiro, " i 00 

Mrs. S. N. Benjamin, Garrisons, N. Y 25 00 

Francis Delafield, N. Y. City 100 00 

Miss Charlotte E. Parish, Colorado Springs, Col 5 00 

August Belmont, N. Y. City 2,500 00 

Lewis A, Sayre, M.D.," 100 00 

Stern Bros., " 100 00 

Mrs. H. D. Auchincloss, Newport, R. 1 50 00 

X. Y. Z., Staunton, Va 12 00 

James H. Fay, N. Y. City 5 00 

C.Bruno, " 100 00 

Miss Margaret W. S. Bird, Williamsburg, Va I 00 

Miss Cornelia Jay, N. Y. City 5 00 

Speyer & Co., " 5,00000 

Proceeds of Auction Sale at Fifth Avenue Auction Rooms 11 62 

Proceeds of a Fair held at the Nevada, 205 Boulevard, N. Y. City 179 60 

Miss Mary Appleton, N. Y. City 25 00 

Mrs. R. M. Smith, Williamsburg, Va 13 50 

Town of Fairfield, Ct., collected at an Afternoon Tea by Mrs. Henry S. 

Glover 50 00 

Miss Celestine Eustis, N. Y. City 50 00 

Lionello Perera & Co., " 10 00 

W. C. T. U. of Cuba, N. Y 7 10 

Oelrichs & Co., N. Y. City 500 00 

Collected by Two Little Girls, Miss Susan A. Bynum and Miss Lillian A. 

Sargent, Livingston, N. C 2 00 



292 



\Vm. r. Knapp, N. Y. City f 10 00 

D. Howard, Castile, N. Y 5 00 

W. Z. Larned, N. Y. City 25 00 

Collected at Sullivan and East Sullivan Churches (N. H.) 5 00 

Thomas R. A. Hall, N. Y. City 10 00 

Francis D. Moulton & Co., " 100 00 

An Easter Offering from Pioneer Band and Boys' Mission Band, Clinton 

Avenue Congregational Church, Brooklyn N. Y 25 00 

Clark Mile-End Spool Cotton Co., N. Y. City 25 00 

Wm. Mitchell, N. Y. City 25 00 

Kuhn, Loeb&Co., " l-ooo 00 

Members of Church of Good Shepherd, Milford, Pa 4 00 

Caroline Einstein, N. Y. City 250 00 

Mrs. Robert W. Nesbitt, " 5 00 

Henry Burden, Jr., Cazenovia, N. Y 10 00 

Everett Frazar, N. Y. City 5 00 

Proceeds of Concert given by Ladies of the "Treble Clef," Ashtabula, Ohio. 36 00 

O W Buckingham, Union League Club 5 00 

Cash, "G. D." 5 00 

Mrs. Plenry A. Smith, N. Y. City 10 00 

United Trade Society Journeymen Sailmakers of N. Y 27 00 

"Wm. H. Cutter and Employees, Woodbridge, N.J 10 50 

Douglas Robinson, N. Y. City 200 00 

D. H. King, Jr., " 2,00000 

Miss Laura L, Taylor, Hempstead, L. 1 30 00 

Mrs. W. F. Merrill, N. Y. City 5 00 

Mrs. G. Schwab, Morris Heights, N. Y 20 00 

Miss Caroline W. Green, Tenafly, N. J 10 00 

L. H. Schwab, N. Y. City 5 00 

Thos. H. Hubbard, " loc 00 

Mrs. Wm. Alex Smith, N. Y. City 5 00 

J. P. Morgan & Co., " 5.00000 

D.O.Mills, " 5,00000 

Morton, Bliss & Co., " 5,00000 

Mrs. Mary C. Barnes, " 10 00 

Loveman, Joseph & Loeb, " 1000 

Mrs. Emily H. Rushmore, Tuxedo Park, N. Y. City 5 00 

Mrs. Gouverneur Morris, N. Y, City 5 00 

Wm. R. Sand-s, New Hamburg, N. Y 100 00 

Charles Stewart Smith, Stamford, Ct 50 00 

Residents of Wyoming, N. J., for Mosquito Netting 25 75 

Burrall Hoffman, N. Y. City 10 00 

P. L. North & Son, " ^o 00 

Mrs. C. L Pardee, " 1° 0° 

Mrs. Robert Emmet Robinson, Livingston, S.I 5 00 

S. Oppenheimer & Levy, N. Y. City 50 00 

Miss Carrie F. Anderson, " ^° °° 

Frederick D. Tappen, " 25000 

Wm. Alexander Smith, " 50 00 



293 

Mrs. Edward N. Crosby, Williamstown, Mass $ 25 cx> 

George Batten & Co. , N. Y. City 10 00 

Dr. Viggo Drivsen, " 5 00 

J. Milhau's Son, " 1000 

Frederick Bertuch & Co. , " 25 00 

Theodore Seligman, " 25 00 

I. & S. Bernheimer, " 2500 

Owens & Phillips, " 1000 

Charles Bergenstein, " 10 00 

J. H. Mahoney, " 2500 

Miss H. Fordham Mahony, " 75 00 

Maurice Sichel, " 5 00 

Mrs. S. M. Marvin, Newburgh, N. Y 5 00 

A. Rappard, N. Y. City 25 00 

H. J. Hanssen, " 2000 

Mrs. Ella L. Tenney, Treas. of W. C. T. U. of Delmar, N. Y 5 00 

James R. Steers, N. Y. City 25 00 

Mrs. Wm.Frederick Stafford, N. Y. City 20 00 

George Watson Greene, " 5 00 

Miss Grace Ives Washburn and Master Wm. Ives Washburn 15 00 

F. Spiegelberg, N. Y. City 25 00 

Bierman, Heidelberg & Co., N. Y. City 100 00 

Charles Steele, N. Y, City 25 00 

Edward M. Shepard, " 20 00 

Parker, Wilder & Co., N. Y. City 100 00 

Passavant & Co., " 25000 

Children of St. Luke's R. C. Parochial School, Two Rivers, Wis 3 00 

Isaac N. Seligman, N. Y. City 250 00 

Mrs. L. Ellis, " 300 

C. and 1 5 00 

Mrs. Graydon, Windsor, Vt ID CO 

Dr. T. M. Markoe, N. Y. City 10 00 

Mrs. J. Rhinelander Stevens, N. ,Y. City 25 00 

Wm. Ryle&Co., " 100 00 

China & Japan Trading,Co., Ltd., " 100 00 

F. S. M. Blum&Co., " 1000 

Wm. Schroder & Co., " 5000 

Charles E. Hanselt, " 2500 

Wm. R. Stewart, " 25000 

Thomas Ward, " 100 

John D. Lohman, N. Y. City 10 00 

Joseph Loth & Co., " 100 00 

John J. Donaldson, Milbrook, N. Y 10 00 

George Coppell, N. Y. City 250 00 

Baring, Magoun & Co., N. Y. City 250 00 

The Coates Thread Co., " 25000 

Albert Salisbury, Pres. State Normal School, Whitewater, Wis 18 00 

Women Employees of Proctor, Gamble Co., Ivorydale, Ohio 46 10 

Mrs. Walter C. Witherbee, Port Henry, N. Y 10 00 



294 



Mrs. Jane H. Sherman. Port Henry, N. Y $ 5 oo 

Mrs. Lucy W. McLaughlin, " " 5 oo 

Harry Paul Dorn, N. Y. City i oo 

Kisselburgh & Bennett 5 oo 

Clifford Bouniville, N. Y. City lo oo 

W.H.Mayer, " 5 oo 

Block & Bergfels, " 5 oo 

Mrs. Charles Mali, Brooklyn, N. Y 50 00 

Beinecke&Co., N. Y. City 10 00 

A. M. Warner & Co., " 10 00 

R. T. Wilson & Co., " 25000 

C. M, Hyde, N. Y. City 50 00 

R. M. O. Talbot, N. Y. City 25 00 

Danenbaum Bros., " 1000 

Mrs. D. D. Williamson, Tannersville, N. Y 25 00 

Cyrus J. Lawrence, N. Y. City 50 00 

Miss Julia S. Winterhoff, Milford, Pa 15 00 

Public Schools of Two Rivers, Wis 7 I5 

Public Schools Collection, Waterloo, Wis 2 50 

Mrs. Frederick G. Lee, Cooperstown, N. Y 5 00 

Tracy & Lane, N. Y City 25 00 

Mrs. George H. Granniss, N. Y. City 25 00 

Mrs. Alfred Pell, Highland Falls, N. Y 25 00 

Sam'l Riker, Seabright, N. J 25 00 

Contribution from Algoma, Wis., High School 2 00 

" A. P. R.," Brooklyn, N. Y 2 00 

Robert S. Webb, Cooperstown, N. Y 5 00 

Mrs. Henry Oothout, N. Y. City 10 00 

Albert Tilt, N. Y. City 50 00 

Miss Elise M. Mourraille, N. Y. City 5 00 

Mrs. Cornelia Prime, Huntington, N. Y 25 00 

J. W. Pearsall, N. Y. City 10 00 

" Cash," I 00 

James C. Carter, N. Y. City 250 00 

F. S. Smithers & Co., N. Y. City 250 00 

Theo. K. Gibbs, Newport, R. 1 50 00 

Jeremiah Skidmore's Sons, N. Y. City 50 00 

Joseph J. O'Donohue, Jr., " 2500 

" A Friend," Providence, R. 1 5 00 

Mrs. Charles W. Ogden, Swampscott, Mass 20 00 

Charles W. Ogden, " 2000 

Miss Mary F. Ogden, " 2000 

Miss Annie Frazier, " lO 00 

Mrs. Robert G. Remsen, N. Y. City 100 00 

Mrs. Charles Piatt Storrs, " 5 00 

Mrs. Thomas Paton, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y 50 00 

M. Bayard Brown, N. Y. City 1,000 00 

Mrs. A. L. Titus 50 00 

Cedar Cliff Silk Co., Paterson, N. J 25 00 



295 

Mrs. J. H. Whitehouse, Irvington-on-Hudson $ lo oo 

Baker, Smith & Co., N. Y. City 25 oo 

John D. Archbold, " 25000 

Mrs. R. E. Livingston, " 5000 

E. B. Renwick, " 2000 

Woodbury G. Langdon, " 25000 

Mrs. Francis Schroeder, " 25 00 

L. E. Opdycke, Bar Harbor, Me 5 00 

Mrs. Samuel M. Valentine, N. Y. City 15 00 

Herbert Valentine, N. Y. City 10 00 

" A. P. L." 25 00 

" W. M. P.," N. Y. City 100 00 

Rutherford Stuyvesant, N. Y. City 500 00 

Joseph H. Choate, " 50000 

R. P. Flower, " 500 00 

Lazard Freres, " 1,00000 

Muller, Schall & Co., " 25000 

Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., N. Y. City 250 00 

Pupils of School No. 5, Passaic, N.J , 2 00 

Mrs. J. P. Moore, N. Y. City 5 00 

David Bloom, " 5 00 

J. Bourdis & Co., " 5 00 

G.G.Williams, " 100 00 

Calhoun, Robbins & Co., N. Y. City 200 00 

Mrs. H. B. Livingston, " 2500 

Charles L. Clarke, N. Y. City 10 00 

A. Fteley, " 1000 

Norman J. Rees, " 100 00 

ErlangerBros., " 10 00 

" H. S. H.", Canada 20 00 

John D. Crimmins, N. Y. City 250 00 

Professional Woman's League, Brooklyn, N. Y 25 00 

J. K. Steifel&Co., N. Y. City 10 00 

Francis L. Leland, " 100 00 

Brooks Bros., " 100 00 

Mrs. Joseph J. O'Donohue, West End, N.J 25 00 

Miss M. M. Irene O'Donohue, " 25 00 

Miss Theresa R. O'Donohue, " 25 00 

Mrs. Wm. W. Richards, N. Y. City 10 00 

Mrs. Harriet S. Barnes, " 3000 

C. Wilson Atkins, " 5 00 

Offertory from a House Service at Stony Croft, Altamont, N. Y 10 00 

G. Gaudig & Blum, N. Y. City 5 00 

Miss Catherine G. Livingston, N. Y. City 20 00 

Miss Anne Waller, Morristown, N. J 5 00 

Mrs. Charlotte S. Witherbee, Norfolk, Ct 10 00 

Emil Caiman & Co., N. Y. City 25 00 

The Woman's War Relief Association of Oneida Co., N. Y 150 00 

The Nichols Chemical Co., N. Y. City 100 00 



296 



M. Guggenheim's Sons, N. Y. City $ i, 

Byam K. Stevens, " 

Cuyler, Morgan & Co. , " 

George F. Baker, " 

Francis Lynde Stetson, " 

Charles C. Post, " 

Oliver S. Carter, " 

Walter S. Johnston, " 

S. Hazard Halstead, " 

Charles Robinson Smith, " 

"W. P. G.," " 

Samuel T. Carter, Jr. " 

Brooklyn & N. Y. Fur Mfg. Co., N. Y. City 

Miss Alice Boit 

Miss Dorothea Draper, N. Y. City 

" A Friend," 

Miss E. K. Francis 

Mrs. Wm. C. Osborn i_ 

N. Sobel, N. Y. City 

Woman's National War Relief Association, Poland Spring House, Me 

George F. Morgan, N. Y. City 

Thos. Thach er , " 

Mrs. Francis M. Jencks, Dublin, N. H 

Pupils of School at Liberty Corner, N.J 

J. N. Longdon, N. Y. City 

Wm. Halls, Jr., " 

Proceeds of Decoration Day Services, National Prohibition Park 

"A. G. D." Collected by "Polly" Ogden 

Henry R. Beekman " " 

D. B. Ogden 

F. de P. Foster 

John E. Parsons " " 

Herbert Parsons " " 

H. F. W 
Mrs. C. de P. F. 

G. Sherman " " 
G. Waddington " " 
Mrs. G. M. Ogden " 
Mrs. C. Evans " 
Edward Coles " " 
Mrs. D 
" H. P." 

Ed«'ard M. Shepard " " 

"J. C. B." 

Johnston Livingston " " 

Edward Cooper " " 

"S. D. P." 
"A.D.J." 
Mrs. C. D. Stickney " 



297 

Emily. Collected by" Polly" Ogden $ lo oo 

E. W. C. " " " " 500 

Mrs. D. B. Ogden " " " 50 00 

Mrs. K. Tappan, Glen Cove, L. 1 10 00 

"J. H. B." 50 00 

Dwight A. Jones, N. Y. City 10 0° 

Frederick W. Stevens, N. Y. City 250 00 

Milmine, Bodman&Co., " 15000 

L, A. Wight, Brooklyn, N. Y 10 0° 

Keppler & Schwarzmann, N. Y. City 100 00 

" C." St. James, L. I 5 00 

Wm. H. Herriman, Rome, Italy 500 00 

Ingomar, Goldsmith & Co., N. Y. City 5 00 

Estate of Isaac Rosenfield, " 5 00 

Proceeds of Lawn Party held at 259 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, N. Y., by Miss 

Olive H. Smith and Miss Lulu Jones 10 20 

Mrs. Archibald Rogers, Hyde Park-on-Hudson 5 00 

Raymond Belmont, Hempstead, L. 1 5 00 

Pupils of Public School 37, Springfield, L. 1 2 00 

Pupils of Public School No. 41, Rockaway Beach, L. 1 4 79 

James and Donald Greenleaf, N. Y. City 10 20 

"J.S." 2 00 

Miss Elizabeth Gilchrist, E. Orange, N. J 2 00 

Mrs. E. H. Colt, Hartford, Ct 200 00 

Charles W. Prentice, Treasurer VS 75 

Asiel & Co.. N. Y. City 250 00 

Choir of St. George's Church, N. Y. City 250 00 

Mrs. R. G. Rolston, Babylon, L. 1 100 00 

Mrs. Elizabeth C. Maghee, N. Y. City 50 00 

Mrs. Walter C. Taylor, " 1° 0° 

S.Q.Brown, " 1000° 

C. H. Hunter, " 2500 

Hoeninghaus & Curtiss, " 100 00 

Lewis & Conger, " =5 00 

Ernest C. Bliss, " 5o 00 

John H. Cuthbert, " ^° °^ 

Sullivan & Cromwell, " 100 00 

Miss EHza S. Hoxie, Brooklyn 50 00 

School children of Mercer Co., Princeton, N. J 10 00 

Mrs. Mary J. Munsill, Hartford, Ct 100 00 

" A Friend," N. Y. City 50 00 

The H. B. ClaflinCo., N. Y. City i-ooo 00 

G. Amsinck & Co., " 25000 

Lehman Bros., " 25000 

D.Willis James, " 1,00000 

W.E.Dodge, " 1,00000 

Lehmaier, Schwartz & Co., " 100 00 

Julien T. Davies, " 1"° «« 

First Presbyterian Church of Lakevvood, N.J 10 00 



298 

St. Paul Red Cross Society $ 100 00 

Probst, Wetzler & Co., N. Y. City 250 00 

Beth Eden Baptist Church S. S. , Omaha, Neb 678 

Mrs. John M. Purdy, N. Y. City 10 00 

Raphael Tuck & Sons Co. , Ltd. , N. Y. City 10 00 

Revillon Freres, N. Y. City 10 00 

Boshes & Buchbinder, " i 00 

John B. Lawrence, Jr. , " 50 00 

Mrs. S. C. W., Dalton, Mass 10 00 

Samuel H. Lyman, N. Y. City 10 00 

Mrs. Hopper S. Mott, " 5 00 

Society of First Aid to the Injured, Hartford Ct 50 00 

Theo. L. DeVinne & Co., N. Y. City 10 00 

Cash from a passer-by Red Cross Supply Depot 2 00 

Wm. H. Lusk, N. Y. City 25 00 

Joseph Eastman, " 100 00 

Schulz & Ruckgaber, " 250 00 

E. D. Morgan & Co. , " 250 00 

H. E. Garth, " 100 00 

George Zabriskie, " 50 00 

Chas. Pratt & Co., " 1,000 00 

Miss Isabelle Parker, " 10 00 

Miss Edith W. de Rusey, N. Y. City 5 00 

Mrs. H. C. Hazen, " 25 00 

Mrs. Henry H. Landon, Ridgefield, Ct 25 00 

Sherman Reid & Co., N. Y. City 50 00 

School children of Paterson, N. J 160 53 

Citizens of Cumberland, Wis 24 50 

All Saint's Church, Bay Side, N. Y 15 00 

" C. S.," Summit, N. J 1,000 00 

C. Dorflinger & Son, White Mills, Pa 50 00 

Henry R. Ham, N. Y. City 10 00 

Daniel Heimlich, " i 00 

Jos. Cohn Sc Bro. , " 500 

Louis Dean Speir, " 5 00 

Edward E. Porter, " , 25 00 

Cash, N. Y. City 100 00 

Collected by three young ladies from guests at Pavilion Hotel, Sharon Springs, 

N. Y 10 00 

Mrs. Geo. Pendleton Bowler, N. Y, City 100 00 

Wm. T. Bostwick, Upper Montclair, N.J i 00 

Twentieth Century Club, of Hartford, Ct 100 00 

Rev. C. G. Bristol, Hartford, Ct 20 00 

Blum & Koch, N. Y. City , 10 00 

S. Feldstein & Co., N. Y. City i 00 

Dr. J. Stedman Converse, N. Y. City 50 00 

S. P. Coleman, Middletown, Ct., (proceeds of one day's sale) 55 00 

Miss Louise Whitney, Treas. King's Daughters, Southington, Ct 6 00 

Mrs. Wm. E. Wilmerding, N. Y. City 5 00 



299 

W. K. Post, N. Y. City $ lo oo 

"J. H. J.," " 20 oo 

Mrs. Schuyler Quackenbush, N. Y. City 5 oo 

A Reader of Neiv York Evening Post lo oo 

School Children of the Borough of Queens 50 87 

Miss Jennie S. Walkley, Chairman, Higganum, Ct 25 00 

" E. P. O.," Ridgewood, N. J 100 00 

Bible Class No. 3 of Willoughby Ave. Chapel, Hames Falls, N. Y 5 00 

Anonymous 5 00 

Fred'k F. Thompson, N. Y. City 500 00 

Fred'k W. Smith 5 00 

Mrs. J. C. Bennett 10 00 

" C. Y. S.," Newark. N. J 5 00 

Guild of the King's Daughters, Cedar Cove, Cazenovia, N. Y 10 00 

Proceeds of a Fair given by Jacques G. Hapeo, Morton Lasker, Henry Eckstein, 

Arthur and Munroe Gutman, West End, N.J 25 00 

The Clark Thread Co., Newark, N. J 250 00 

Miss Lena Head, Islip, L. 1 100 00 

Anonymous, N. Y. City 7 00 

"A Patriot," " 5 00 

Stickney & Conyngham, N. Y. City 1,000 00 

Mrs. Mary S. Thomas, Litchfield, Ct 10 00 

Oswald G. Villard, Dobb's Ferry, N. Y 25 00 

Proceeds of a Lemonade-Stand Sale by G. Wolf, J. Theiss, F. Dolan, and J. 

Henry, N. Y. City i 50 

"A Churchwoman " 10 OO 

School Children of Hudson Co. , N. J 19 05 

May Flower Lodge, No. 77, I.O.O.F., B'klyn 5 00 

Mrs. Chas. R. Coster, N. Y. City 25 00 

"Cash" 5 00 

John T. Lockman, N. Y. City 25 00 

Mrs. Catharine H. Skaats, Watch Hill, R.I 25 00 

Mrs. Eliza A. Prall, " " 2500 

Wm. C. Schermerhorn, Newport, R. 1 1,000 00 

Mrs. Joanna H. Ten Broeck, Watch Hill, R. 1 25 00 

Morgan Belmont, Hempstead, L.I 5 00 

Mrs. Phebe J. Walther, Stockholm, N.J 10 00 

Miss Josephine Walther, " " 50000 

Mrs. Samuel Dana Kittridge, N. Y. City 5 0'^ 

Mrs. M. E. Palmer, Sharon, Ct 25 00 

Chas. P. Noyes, N. Y. City 5° 00 

Proceeds of Lawn Party given by " Nathan Hale Red Cross Aux.," Bound 

Brook, N. J 74 00 

Mrs. J. Montfort Schley, N. Y. City 25 00 

Miss A. T. Morgan, " 25000 

Miss Louisa P. Morgan, " 250 00 

Flint, Eddy & Co., " 25000 

Kountze Bros., " 25000 

G. L. Rives, " 100 00 



300 

Mrs. B. \V. Bellamy, Brooklyn $ 6 oo 

Mrs. J. T. Draper, N. Y. City 5 oo 

Calvary Baptist Church, Brooklyn 13 03 

Edward W. Sheldon, N. Y. City 100 00 

The Sheffield Farms Co. , " 10 00 

Morewood & Co., " 100 00 

Mrs. Laura C. Sheldon, Auburn, N. Y 5 00 

"G. G. v.," Fort Plain, N. Y 35 00 

Moran Bros., N. Y. City 50 00 

Graham F. Blandy, N. Y. City 25 00 

The Angle Lamp Co., " 1000 

William A. Holliday, Woodstock, Vt 25 00 

So. Cong. Sunday-School, Brooklyn, N, Y il 50 

Public Schools of Essex Co. , N.J 33 47 

Mrs. S. P. Wisner, Warwick, N. Y 100 00 

Mrs. M. Korey Keach, Brooklyn, N. Y 5 00 

W. M. Kendall, N. Y. City 10 00 

James A. Hearn & Co., N. Y. City 250 00 

Miss Margaret R. Hollenbach, Atwood, Kansas i 00 

Proceeds of Lawn Party at Providence, R. I., by the Misses Phelon, Brown 

and Douglas 26 50 

D. Schnakenberg, N. Y. City 100 00 

Mrs. F. E. Gorham, " 500. 

St. Mark's Church, Mauch Chunk, Pa 22 61 

" A Friend," N. Y. City 20 00 

Walter Hoffman, N. Y. City 25 00 

Franklin B. Lord, " 25 00 

" G. L. W. H.," Bridgeport, Ct 50 00 

J. D. Flower, N. Y. City 100 00 

Proceeds of a Fair at Mount House, Roanoke, Va., by the Misses Hager and 

Pinckney 25 75 

Several Members of Christ Church, Tarrytown, N. Y 25 00 

"I. W.," N. Y. City 15 00 

"Mrs. L.," " 100 00 

"E. H. R. and E. R. B.," Newark, N. J 10 00 

Brown Bros. & Co., N. Y. City 1,000 00 

Oliver G. Barton, " 20 00 

James T. Woodward, " 25000 

Public School Children and Epworth League M. E. Church, Belford, N. J. .. 19 00 

H. T. Carey & Co., N. Y. City 100 00 

Wilson, Adams & Co. , " 50 00 

Rev. John Q. Adams, Sanitarium Tabernacle, Clifton Springs, N. Y 195 00 

Wm. Colgate, N. Y. City 100 00 

F. S. B., Berlin, Ct 5 00 

" C. A. R.," N. Y. City 5 00 

Moore & Schley, " 250 00 

J. Hampden Dougherty, N. Y. City 50 00 

Spencer, Trask & Co. , " 250 00 

Mrs. and Miss Newell, Bradford, Pa 50 00 



^01 



Heidelbach, Ichelheimer & Co., N. Y. City $500 00 

Mrs. Charles A. Post, Bayport, L. 1 25 00 

Wm. Ford Upson, N. Y. City 10 00 

Remy, Schmidt & Pleissner, N. Y. City 5° 00 

"J. P. S.," N. Y. City 50 00 

Mrs. Caroline L. Harwood, Rutherford, N.J 25 00 

Edward Ewer, N. Y. City 5 00 

Herbert M. Lloyd, N. Y. City 5 00 

Isaac S. Hartley, " 53 20 

Auchincloss Bros., " 100 00 

Henry C. Rouse, " 100 00 

Hendricks Bros., " 100 00 

Anson Phelps Stokes, " 100 00 

Goldman, Sachs & Co., " 250 00 

Tiffany & Co., " 100 00 

James H. Dunham, " 100 00 

The Carnegie Steel Co., Ltd 5, 000 co 

War Relief Association, Lakewood, N. J 40 00 

"M. M.," N. Y. City 100 00 

Mrs. L. L. Dietz, Gt. Barrington, Mass 10 00 

J. F. Andrews, N. Y. City 5° 00 

Miss Olivia E. P. Stokes, N. Y. City 50 00 

James J. Higginson, " 100 00 

Mrs. G. D. H. " 100 

W. D. Howell & Co., " 25000 

Mrs. James A. Hearn, " 100 00 

Guests of the Hotel Ontio, Unadilla, N.Y 61 00 

Misses Smith and Mrs. C. LePorter, Good Ground, L. 1 20 00 

J. Middaugh Main, N. Y. City I5 00 

J. \V. Towne, " 2500 

Edmund D. Randolph, " 10 00 

John S. Kennedy, " 1000 

MissB., " 500 

A. Ernest Vanderpoel, " 25 00 

R. H. D.. " 500 

\V. H. L., " 250 

Elliott Zborowski, " 100 00 

"A.H.J.," " 2500 

"M. H.," Newton, N. J 25 00 

"P.H.," " 1500 

Miss Margaret F. Everit, Newark, N.J 25 00 

"G. B. M.," Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y 20 00 

C. E. Society of Wayne St. Reformed Church, Jersey City 10 50 

Christian Endeavor, Wappinger's Falls, N.Y 4 00 

School Children of Port Washington, Wis 3 05 

Samuel P. Avery, N. Y. City 25 00 

G. C. V 50 

Felipe Chaves, Belen, New Mexico 200 00 

Miss M. M, Neilson, So. Fallsburg, N. Y 10 00 



302 

S. L. M., Bridgeport, Ct $ lo oo 

Mrs. George W. Thomas, Cranford, N.J lo oo 

Mrs. C. A. Johnson, Binghamton, N. Y 2 50 

"E. B.," N. Y, City 50 00 

The Clara Barton Society, Bridgeport, Ct 15 00 

John Henkel, N. Y. City 10 00 

J. Hooker Hamersley, Jackson, N. H 100 00 

Lenox Avenue Unitarian Church, N. Y. City 75 00 

Miss Ethel Jarvis Wheeler, Amherst, Mass 10 00 

George W. Craft, N. Y. City 5 00 

Mrs. E. D. Trowbridge, Noroton, Conn 10 00 

School Children of Providence, R. 1 400 00 

Proceeds of Fair held by four little girls, Tremont, N. Y., — Misses Juliet 

Grant, Vera and Jennie Thornton, and Florence Sloane 2 00 

Citizens of Millbrook, N. Y 212 60 

Harvey E. Kennedy, N. Y. City 25 00 

Wm. L. Kennedy, " 25 00 

Lewis Minford, " 2 00 

Proceeds of Entertainment given by Misses Mollie Bratzner and Jeannette 

Kohn, Plainfield, N. J 3 00 

Alexander E. Orr, N. Y. City 500 00 

Henry C. Ward, " 2500 

Mrs. Wm. H. Granbery," 100 00 

Mrs. W. K. Otis, Oyster Bay, L. 1 25 00 

J. O. Hopkins, N. Y. City i 00 

" Mrs. J. B. B.," Brooklyn 5 00 

Fred Probst & Co., N. Y. City 100 00 

M. L. Sykes, " 100 00 

John L. Cadwalader, " 500 00 

First Parish Sunday-school, Kennebunk, Me 3 00 

Anonymous I 00 

Frederic Cromwell, N. Y. City 200 00 

Robert S. Holt, " 100 00 

A Friend 2 00 

Mrs. Alice C. Smith, Brooklyn 10 00 

Miss Anna Rochester, Pomfret, Ct 5 00 

DeWitt J. Seligman, N. Y. City 5 00 

Miss M. L. Emmons, " 25 00 

Mrs. N. Henry Sabin, Treas. Williamstown Auxiliary, Williamstown, Mass.. loi 86 

J. B. Dutcher, Pawling, N. Y 50 00 

Rev. D. Marvin, Setauket, L. 1 5 00 

Miss Kate W. Blake, N. Y. City 10 00 

H. C. Carroll, from Pawling (N. Y.) Volunteer Fire Department 10 00 

Proceeds of a Party held by Mrs. P. L. Jennings and others at Merrick, L. I. 6 00 

Proceeds of Patriotic Garden Party, Hempstead, L. 1 120 00 

First Presbyterian Church, Stamford, Ct 223 22 

St. John's Episcopal Church, " " 11630 

St. John's R. C. Church, " " 30 17 

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church," " 27 15 



303 

Methodist Church, Stamford, Ct $ 40 00 

Universalist " " " 11 30 

Baptist " " " 948 

Congregational Church, " " 12 93 

Employees Blickensderfer M 'f 'g. Co. , Stamford, Ct 32 30 

From Red Cross Jars placed in several stores, Stamford, Ct 24 33 

Miss Trask, Treasurer, Astoria, N. Y 211 50 

Mrs. Maria P. Jarvis, Brooklyn 25 00 

H. B. McLean, East Orange, N. J 10 cx) 

"A Friend," Summit, N. J 10 00 

J. M. Gitsky, N. Y. City 50 

Ottenheimer Bros., N. Y. City 10 00 

Anonymous, " 2 00 

Mrs. D. W. Van Note, Atlantic Highlands, N. J 5 00 

Henry C. Van Note, " " 500 

Mrs. Sadie W. Barbour 10 00 

Mrs. M. M. Griffin, N. Y. City 5 00 

Mrs. C. H. Woodbury, " 600 

S.G.Nelson, " 2500 

First Universalist Church, Hudson, N. Y 2 50 

Miss Anna E. Roelker, N. Y. City lO 00 

"J. P. F. and A. B. E. J.," Providence, R. 1 7 00 

Mrs. Henry E. Lawrence, N. Y. City 25 00 

A Friend 2 00 

First Presbyterian Church, Wilkes Barre, Pa 125 20 

Presbyterian Primary Sunday-school Children, Bradford, Pa 5 00 

Proceeds of a Celebration at St. Peter, Minn 300 40 

John D. Rockefeller, N. Y. City 5.000 00 

Hamilton McK. Twombley, N. Y. City 1,000 00 

W. B. Kunhardt, " 100 00 

L. W. & P. Armstrong, " 100 00 

Title Guarantee and Trust Co., " 25000 

Hard & Rand, N. Y. City 250 00 

Schafer Bros., " 100 00 

"Cash," " 25000 

Wm. Iselin &Co., " 25000 

Ernest and Herman Levy, N. Y. City 5 00 

Everett Heaney & Co., " 1000 

James Thompson & Co. , " 25 00 

Abegg & Rusch, " 100 00 

S. Peierls&Co., " 2500 

Wm. P. Gill&Co., " 1000 

Miss Laura N. Agnew, Palisades, N. Y 10 00 

Mrs. Fannie Fairbanks, Brooklyn, N. Y 2 00 

C. A. Auflmordt & Co., N. Y. City 150 00 

Miss E. M. Tellschow, " 5 00 

W. H. Burr, " 50 00 

W. W. J. Warren, " 1000 

Edward Clarkson Potter, " loo 00 



304 

Church of Mediator, Providence, R. I $ lO oo 

Samuel N. Iloyt, N. Y. City lOO oo 

Thatcher M. Adams, " 25000 

James R. Keene, " 1,000 00 

Talbot J. Taylor & Co., N. Y. City 300 00 

W. G. Bixby, Vergennes, Vt 50 00 

Mrs, Rudolph Keppler, N. Y. City 20 00 

Mrs. Charles A. Dana, Glen Cove, L. 1 100 00 

G. G. Bain, N. Y. City 5 00 

Part Proceeds of Pan-American Club Festival, N. Y. City 54 00 

A. A. Cowles, N. Y, City 100 00 

James C. Carter, " 50000 

A. J. Drexel, " 5,00000 

James K. Shaw, " 1000 

Wm. C. Sheldon & Co., N. Y. City 250 00 

Lewisohn Bros. , " 100 00 

Busk & Jevons, " 100 00 

Samuel G. Bayne, " 100 00 

Lee, Livingston & Co., " 100 00 

Citizens of Cumberland, Wis i 00 

J. H. Maghee, Beedes, N. Y 50 00 

Claflin, Thayer & Co., N. Y. City 10 00 

Thomas Wyman Porter, " 5000 

Mrs. S. N. Benjamin, lenia, N. Y 5° 00 

Mrs. Jas. Condie, N. Y. City 25 00 

Thos. M. North, " 2500 

"C. P. L.," Stamford, Ct 10 00 

Proceeds of Fancy Dress Bazaar by guests of Wildmere House, Minnewaska, 

N. Y 253 35 

Proceeds of a Garden Party on Sullivan Island, Moultrieville, S. C 225 00 

Mrs. Louise B. Stilwell, N. Y. City 1 00 00 

Chas. Wolff & Co., " 2500 

Guiteman Bros., " 200 

Hardt & Lindgens, " 100 00 

Meyer & Dickinson, " 25 00 

Fleitman &Co., " 25000 

Cheney Bros., " 100 00 

Mrs. Hugh J. Jewett Far Rockaway, L. 1 100 00 

Mrs. Thomas Hunt, " 5000 

Church & Dwight Co., N. Y. City 100 00 

Rev. Arthur Goster, Kilbourne, Wis 2 50 

East High St. Club, London, Ohio 10 00 

Mrs. Woolsey A. Hopkins, Stamford, Ct 5 00 

The Badminton Club, N. Y. City 250 00 

Mrs. Schley, Watertown, N. Y 500 00 

Samuel C. Baum & Co., N. Y. City 5 00 

Wm. Brickmaier, " 2100 

Miss Catharine N. Agnew, Palisades-on-Hudson 10 00 

Mrs. Robert MacCarter, Manchester, Vt 500 00 



303 

Wm. A. DuBois, N. Y. City $ 200 oo 

Miss Katherine DuBois, N. Y. City 200 00 

"Wendell, Fay & Co., " 100 00 

Minot, Hooper & Co., " 100 00 

Robert Maxwell, " 5000 

"Cash," " 1000 

Proceeds of an Entertainment at the Cottage of Mrs. Sanderson, New London, 

Ct 42 00 

Mrs. J. W. M. Hunter, Newport, Vt 50 00 

C. F. Ackermann, N. Y. City 100 00 

Naylor&Co., " 100 00 

Edward Cooper, " 25000 

Charles G. Dobbs, " 5000 

Howard Tovvnsend, " 100 00 

C. A. Munn, " 50 00 

James G. Brown, E. Orange, N.J lo 00 

Through N. Y. Herald 3" 25 

G. H. Coutts, Stamford, N. Y 5° 00 

Robert F. Ballantine, Newark, N.J 500 00 

Proceeds of Children's Fair, Henry A. Goulden, Treasurer, Brooklyn n 45 

Charles Schoolhouse & Son, N. Y. City 10 00 

Collected at Oakland, Danesboro, and Susquehanna, Pa., from lodges, socie- 
ties and individuals I43 3^ 

Nathan Schlessel, N. Y. City 2 00 

G. G. Gettner, West Brighton, S. 1 5 00 

Louis Stearns, N. Y. City 5 00 

Charles E. Miller, " 25000 

Mrs. Eugene Schuyler, N. Y City, 25 00 

Mrs. Evelina A. Meserole, Bar Harbor, Me 25 00 

"A. M.," Bar Harbor, Me 25 00 

Entertainment by guests at Holiday Houses, Miller's Place, L. 1 40 00 

Hon. Seth Low. Collected by " Polly " Ogden 10 00 

Geo. B. Dorr. " " " 5^0 

Miss Katherine L. Livingston " " 25 00 

Miss Harriet Ogden " " 2500 

Henry Parish, N. Y. City " " 250 00 

Clarence S. Day, N. Y. City " " 100 00 

Anson G. McCook, " " " 50 00 

Opportunity Circle of King's Daughters, Gravesend, N. V 50 00 

Gov. George Hoadley 100 00 

1st Y. P. S. C. E. of Norwalk, Ct 5 "<J 

Proceeds of a Play by seven children at Pittsfield, Mass 5 '>5 

"Cash," E. Orange, N. J 25 00 

" A Friend " 5 00 

Chautauqua Assembly Herald, Chautauqua, N. Y 100 00 

United Y. P. Societies of Lewisburg, Pa 89 26 

MacAndrews & Forbes, N. Y. City 100 00 

Lawrence E. Sexton, " 100 00 

Earned by Four Little Girls Selling Lemonade, N. Y. City 5 75 



3o6 

John L. Riker, N. Y. City $ 

Miss Cora F. Barnes, N. Y. City 

Mrs. S. T. Dauchy, Rebekah and Arthur B. Crawford, Brooklyn 

Collected by Mrs. Sidney Bernheimer, Saratoga, N. Y 

Residents of Wyoming, N.J 

2nd Cong. Church, Falmouth, Me 

" C. C. A. ," 

Anonymous, N. Y. City 

Crown Cycle Club and others, LaPorte, Ind 

C. E. Soc, 1st Baptist Church, Lambertsville, N. J 

Jas. Russell Parsons, Jr., Cazenovia, N. Y 

An American, N. Y. City 

Prof. James Douglas, N. Y. City 

Mrs. M. Hammond, Wayne, 111 

Dutch Reformed Church Society, Newtown, L. I 

Simon Nachtigall, N. Y. City 

A King's Daughter, through selling homemade candies and cakes, Portchester, 

N. Y 

Emlen N. Lawrence, N. Y. City 

Louis Marshall, N. Y. City 

Miss Marie Gelpcke, Brooklyn, N. Y 

Miss Elizabeth B. Higginson, N. Y. City 

Miss Dorothy L. Higginson, " 

J. H. Hewson, N. Y. City 

Employees brickyard of John N. Frazer, New Windsor, N. Y 

Rev. D. Stuart Dodge, N. Y. City 

Mrs. Wm. Earle Dodge, " 

Holbrook Bros., N. Y. City 

Chas. T. Wing & Co., N. Y. City 

Mrs. Thomas Foster, Utica, N. Y 

Oelbermann, Dommerich & Co., N. Y. City 

Loewenstein Bros., N. Y. City 

Boehm & Levine, " 

Mrs. A. Newbold Morris, Ridgefield, Ct 

Reformed Church of North Branch, N.J 

Young Ladies' Mission Circle of Reformed Church, North Branch, N. J 

C. Obermeier & Co., N. Y. City 

Wm. C. Sturges, " 

W.R.Moore, " 

C. A. Colcord, Searsport, Me 

King's Daughters of Blinn Memorial Church, N. Y. City 

Wm. Pickhardt & Kuttroff, N. Y. City 

Clarence Whitman & Co., " 

Citizens of Sidney, Neb., through Mrs. Clara E. Britton 

Employees National Conduit & Cable Co. , Hastings-on-IIudson 

Mrs. Alfred Pell, Eastport, Me 

Max Herzog, N. Y. City 

Mrs. E. N. Herzog, N. Y. City 

Miss S. L. Gibbs, " 



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307 



Miss Mary L. Adams, Bailey's Island, Me $ 2 oo 

Miss Lily Bahcock, Lenox, Mass 25 00 

Miss Minnie Babcock, " " 25 00 

The Soldiers' Friends 5 00 

Mrs. Maria T. King and John B. King, Baden-Baden, Germany 50 00 

Newbold Lawrence, N. Y. City 10 00 

Reform Church, Kinderhook, N. Y 47 49 

Chautauqua Assembly Collections, Chautauqua, N. Y 200 00 

" A Friend," N. Y. City 100 00 

John T. Waterbury, N. Y. City 100 00 

Boody, McClellan & Co. " 2500 

Mrs. A. N. Biglow, Toronto, Canada 10 00 

School children of Portland, Me 90 00 

Brigham, Lawrie, Mann & Co., N. Y. City 100 00 

Presb. Church, of Western ville, N. Y 17 00 

Proceeds of Garden Party and Sale given by the four Cottrell children. Mount 

Vernon, N. Y 40 00 

Fogle, Killin, Kane & Co., N. Y. City 25 00 

Middleton S. Burrrill, " 100 00 

Chas. A. Munn, " 2500 

O. D. Munn, " 100 00 

Edward E. Poor, " 25000 

From children at Montowese House, Branford, Ct 20 34 

Miss Mary S. Taylor, N. Y. City 1 1 48 

Allen Schenck, " 2500 

George Wellwood Murray, " 50 00 

Miss Lily S. Murrray, " 3 00 

Howard Mansfield, " 3000 

Citizens of Lakewood, Whiteface P. O., N. Y 18 00 

Collected at Taftville, Ct., by C. W. Prentice 37 50 

Proceeds of Children's Fair given by Misses Julia Jacobs, Katherine A. Mead, 

Elizabeth Mead, Grace Boswell and Cornelia Delano, Greenwich, Ct 18 84 

Hartley & Graham, N. Y. City 100 00 

Standard Distilling Co., " 100 00 

Kahn&Kahn, " 2500 

Miss Sara S. Kimball, " 2500 

Contribution taken during Sei-vice at Brining's Maple Grove, Lake Hunting- 
ton, N. Y 27 00 

Collected by members of the C. E. Society of the Hillside Presb. Church, 

Orange, N.J '''2 37 

Augustus Myers, N. Y. City 10 00 

Raised by Five Children at a Piazza Entertainment, Master Chas. R. Brewer, 

Treas., Gilbertsville, N. Y 2 70 

Miss Susan Clark, West Brattleboro, Vt 10 00 

Miss Mary R. Cabot, Brattleboro, Vt 10 00 

"Grace," N. Y. City i.ooo 00 

Mrs. D. Willis James, Madison, N.J i.ckx> 00 

Mrs. Henry Kirke Porter, Southampton, L. I io<> 00 

Council of Jewish Women, Montgomery, Ala 36 00 



3o8 

Wm. R. Beal, N. Y. City $ 5° oo 

Castner, Curran & Bullitt, N. Y. City i oo 

M. J. and C. M. McC, Baden-Baden, Germany 50 oo 

" M. W.," N. Y. City 100 00 

Mrs. Caroline H. Stone, Cherry Valley, N. Y 525 

Edwin B. Craigie, M. D., N. Y. City 10 00 

Misses Ferris, Wawbeck, N. Y 12 50 

" An American," N. Y. City S.ooo 00 

From Villagers of Randolph, N. Y 23 50 

Horace Jones, N. Y. City 5 00 

James McCreery & Co., N. Y. City 100 00 

Bawo & Dotter, " 25 00 

George Borgfeldt & Co., " 25 00 

Austin, Nichols & Co., " 20000 

Camp Hood S. C. V., Marshall, Texas 5 00 

H. Stearns Co. , N. Y. City 5 00 

Benjamin Loelj, " 20 00 

American Trimmings Syndicate, N. Y. City 5 00 

B. Fisher & Co., N. Y. City 50 00 

Mrs. M. Chamberlain 100 00 

Miss J. Ridley 25 00 

School children of Portland, Me 5 00 

Mrs. James Marsh Barrett, Mt. Pleasant, Pa i 00 

W. H. Langley & Co., N. Y. City 100 00 

Cook, Bernheimer & Co., " 1000 

Whitall, Tatum &Co., " 100 00 

Charles B. Meyer, " 5 00 

John G. Turnbull, " 1000 

Class G, Zion Church S. S., Wappinger's Falls, N. Y 9 00 

Mrs. C. A. Sands, Manchester, Vt 65 00 

Anonymous - '^'^ 

N. Tesla, N. Y. City 25 00 

A. K. Ingraham, Albany, N. Y 3 00 

Miss Alleine Lee, N. Y. City 20 00 

G. Dessecker, " 5 00 

Proceeds of a Fair held by seven little children at Great Neck, L. 1 20 00 

" R. R.," N. Y. City 100 00 

Chas. C. Post, " 100 

Robert Jaffray, Stockbridge, Mass 10 00 

Tadies of Allenhurst, N. J i55 00 

H. A. Bourne, N. Y. City 300 00 

Goodfriend Bros., " 5 00 

Thos. Potts, " 50 00 

Miss M. A. Parkhursl, Wellesley Hills, Mass 3 00 

Miss Louisa Lee Schuyler, Eastport, Me 10 00 

H. Meitzner, N. Y. City 2 oo 

Frederick W. Cole, N. Y. City 10 00 

Richard Evans, " i*^ 00 

Mrs. George de F. Lord, " 5° 00 



309 

James B. Ford, N. Y. City ^ l.ooo oo 

Leonard W. Ely, M.D., N. V. City 5 oo 

Employees W. J. Wilcox Lard and Ref g Co., Gutlenburg, N.J 3 9° 

Clarence M. Roof, Frost Valley, N. Y 50 oo 

R. W. Phair & Co., N. Y. City lo oo 

Stuart Hart, M.D., " 5 oo 

J.W.Edmonds, " ^° °° 

Proceeds of Cake, Candy, and Lemonade Sale, at Humboldt St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 5 oo 

Mizpah Circle King's Daughters, Plainfield, N.J 25 oo 

Central Council 131, Jr., O. W. A. M., Westfield, N. J 4 00 

Belle Haven Morning Whist Club, Greenwich, Ct no 00 

George Finck, N. Y. City 2 00 

Proceeds of Fair by four children, 12 years old, at the residence of Mrs. Chas. 

W. Carpenter, Monmouth Beach, N.J 52 00 

Proceeds of a Sacred Concert at Monmouth House, Aug. 14, Spring Lake 

Beach, N.J 20000 

Mrs. H. R. Kunhardt, New Brighton, S. 1 500 00 

Kunhardt&Co., N. Y. City 500 00 

Collection taken at the Rally of C. E. Societies of Greater New York, West 

New Brighton, S. I 35 63 

Miss Grace B. Beach, Buckland, Mass 15 00 

Mrs. C. C. Wyeth, " " 2000 

Y. P. S. C. E. of Tribes Hill, N. Y 5 00 

Proceeds of an Entertainment at Sloatsburg, N. Y 40 00 

J. H. Voss 25 00 

Through N. Y. I/^raM 280 41 

Mrs. Nelson Roberts, Kingsville, Ohio 5 00 

Loyal Citizens Ass'n of Oyster Bay, L. I ISC' 79 

Citizens of Lake Preston, S. D 35 00 

Henry Eifert, N. Y. City 5 00 

Jacob Kindlimann, " 5 

Proceeds of a game of Baseball by the Doctors and Lawyers of Perth Amboy, 

N. J 89 00 

Mrs. C. A. Witt, N. Y. City 5 00 

Frank W. J. Jaeger, " 200 

Miss Anna Steers, N. Y. City 7 00 

Donald Mackay, " 50 00 

Elbert A. Brinckerhoff, " 50 00 

" Mrs. A. B.," Whiteface, N. Y 1°° <^ 

George F. Southard 50 00 

Gen. Wager Svvayne, N. Y. City 25 00 

Abram S. Hewitt, " 100 00 

George Clark, " ^" °° 

Morse & Rogers, " 50 00 

Chas. A. Ahrens, " 5 00 

Mrs. George Trowbridge, " 5 00 

People of Patterson, N. T 122 60 

"Cash," 5 00 

Mrs. Martha Cutler, Orange, N. J 5 00 



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J. Harvey Ladew, N. Y. City $ 500 00 

Mrs. Ladew, Glen Cove, L. 1 5CX3 00 

" G. B. W.," Milwaukee, Wis 10 00 

Miss Mary H. McCalla, N. E. Harbor, Me 50 00 

Frederic W. Stevens, N. Y. City 250 00 

Proceeds of Entertainment at Bath Beach, N. Y., Aug. iSth 25 00 

Rev. F. H. Marling, N. Y. City 5 00 

Geo. W. Craft, " 5 00 

Miss Eliza M. Coxe, Drifton, Pa 25 00 

Miss Maria M. Coxe, " 25 00 

Miss Rebecca Coxe, " 25 00 

Church of the Holy Cross, Paris, Texas 7 10 

"J, J. D.," Milbrook, N. Y 25 00 

Julius Ellinger & Co., N. Y. City 25 00 

Mrs. August Lewis, Brattleboro, Vt , 10 00 

Adrian Iselin, Jr. , N. Y. City 100 00 

Eames & Moore, " 50 00 

Wm. K. Thorn 100 00 

" Cash," N. Y. City 250 00 

Mrs. N. Witherill, Greenwich, Ct 250 00 

Rev. H. W. Nelson, Glens Falls, N. Y 25 00 

Richard M. Bruno, N. Y. City 20 00 

John Muth, N. Y. City 5 00 

Mrs. A. G. Meyers, Portland, Oregon 5 00 

Mrs. E. L. Stetson 85 00 

Richmond Grays Chapter, No. 148, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 

Fayette, Mo 35 00 

Mrs. J. W. Dougan, N. Y. City 10 00 

Dougan & Merritt, " 10 00 

St. Paul's Church, Kinderhook, N. Y 5 25 

The Stewart, Howe & May Co., N. Y. City 100 00 

Dr. Georgia A. Cassidy, Brooklyn, N. Y 5 00 

Hatzel & Buehler, N. Y. City 15 00 

Miguel Attak & Co., " 25 00 

J. A. Steurer, " 8 00 

W. Bourke Cockran, " 25 00 

H. E. Van Home, " i 00 

Speak No Evil Circle of King's Daughters, Clinton, N.J 5 00 

James G. Brown, N. Y. City 10 00 

Mrs. C. C. Wyeth, " 2000 

Miss Eliza M. Hughes, N. Y. City i 00 

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. , " 200 00 

John D. Archbold, " 500 00 

H. M. Flagler, " 5, 000 00 

Rudolph Keppler, " 100 00 

J. D. Flower, " , 200 00 

J- J- Higginson, " 5000 

Collection at a Church Service in the parlors of Hotel Champlain, Clinton Co., 

N. Y 62 40 



311 

G. G. Frelinghuysen, N. Y. City $ 250 00 

James K. Gracie, " 100 00 

William D. Barber, " 100 00 

Mrs. Archibald Alexander, Bernardsville, N. J 100 00 

Mrs. E. A. Stevens, Hoboken, N. J 100 00 

Henry B. Ely, N. Y. City 25 00 

Mrs. Lea Mcllvaine Luquer, Bar Harbor, Me 10 00 

E. A. Dailey, N. Y. City 5 00 

Henry B. Wilson , " ... 50 00 

Proceeds of a Fair and Entertainment at Fabyan House, White Mts., N. H.. 1,000 00 

Edo E. Mercelis, N. Y. City 10 00 

George F. Morgan, " 50 00 

Mrs. R. S. Bowne, East Hampton, L. 1 50 00 

Coudert Bros., N. Y. City too 00 

Luther League of St. John's Lutheran Church, Hudson, N. Y 5 25 

Proceeds of Concert at St. Hubert's Inn, Adirondack Mt. Reserve 251 00 

Miss T. Bergh-Brov/n, Litchfield, Ct 25 00 

Misses Lucinda Dudley and Arline M. Rathbone, Committee, Mystic, Ct. ... 21 50 

Jno. L. Riker, N. Y. City 250 00 

Guests of the " Wawbeck," Cragsmoor, N. Y 30 00 

F. H. Nelson 50 00 

John K. Cilley, N. Y. City 5° 00 

William King, " 1000 

Ladies of Allenhurst, N.J 25 00 

Ladies' Relief Com. of Winchester, N. H 12S 30 

National Meter Co 100 00 

Miss Ruth Auchincloss Child, New Canaan, Ct 20 00 

Wm. G. Low, N. Y. City 2,500 o<:) 

Cleveland H. Dodge, N. Y. City 575 00 

Mrs. E. B. Southworth, Brooklyn, N. Y 2 00 

G. F. Bailey, Newark, N.J 5 00 

Mrs. Edward Reeve Merritt, Oyster Bay, L. 1 50 00 

Henry A. Robinson, N. Y. City 25 00 

People of Sagaponack, L. 1 19 00 

Guests of Monhotto Inn 51 (JO 

Prof. James Douglas, N. Y. City 100 00 

Mrs. Wm. T. Wardwell, " 2500 

Women of Ridgewood, N. J 5^ I4 

Joseph Lehman, N. Y. City 5 00 

" Cash " 2 00 

1st Presbyterian Church, Claysville, Pa 10 00 

J. H. Watson, Brooklyn 10 00 

Miss Mary O. Stevens, Lawrence, L. 1 10 00 

Mrs. Joanna R. Auchincloss, Bar Harbor, Me 30 00 

Dr. E. A. Bogue. N. Y. City 65 00 

Mrs. M. Hammond, Wayne, 111 10 00 

Mr. James S. Baker, N. Y. City 10 00 

Anonymous, Port Washington, N. Y 5 00 

Mrs. J. F, Kesseler, N. Y. City 3 4° 



312 

D. O. Wickbam, Hotel Champlain, N. V $ loo oo 

A. L. Norrie, N. Y. City lOo oo 

Miss Sara Schermerhorn, Lenox, Mass 300 00 

F. Miranda & Co., N. Y. City 100 00 

Henry B. Hyde, " 500 00 

Rev. J. W. Campbell, " 10 50 

George H. Frieze, " 6 50 

Miss Florence S. Boardman, N. Y. City 10 00 

Entertainment at " Cedarhurst Cottage " by Mrs. Palmer and Guests, Camden, 

Me 50 00 

Mrs. Cornelia and Miss H. Roades, N. Y. City 50 00 

Townsend Howes, N. Y. City 10 00 

Rev. Dr. Chas. P. Fagnani, N. Y. City 20 00 

Mrs. Benjamin, N. Y. City 15 00 

E. Moro Davison, " 50 00 

Ybor, Manrara Co. , " 25 00 

Miss Helen C. Irving, N. Y. City 5 00 

Henry F. Noyes, " 100 00 

Church of Holy Communion, N. Y. City 5 00 

Proceeds of Entertainment at " Kenelmslea," Great Neck, L. I 700 00 

John N. Brown, Providence, R.I 200 00 

W. H. Bliss, N. Y. City 500 00 

Wm. S. Bennett, " 5 00 

Stamford, Ct., Soldiers' Aid Society 44 50 

Mr. Kimble, visitor to Camp ^Vikoff 5 00 

"W. G. W.," Plainfield, N. J 5 00 

" E. & M.," Orchard Home, Middletown, N. Y 5 00 

Miss Margaret Ren wick, N. Y. City loo 00 

Employees, John Ellis & Co., N. Y. City 26 10 

Miss Alice W. Williams, Brooklyn, N. Y 15 00 

Miss Cornelia W. Halsey, Newark, N. J 100 00 

Augustus L. Clarkson, N. Y. City 50 00 

Relief Committee, N. Y. Produce Exchange 2,587 50 

" Cash " 50 00 

Florence M. Brown, N. Y. City 10 00 

E. A. Montell, Jr., " 1000 

Hirschhorn, Mack & Co., N. Y. City 15 00 

" A Friend," for Montauk Point 10 00 

Mrs. J. L. Lyle, Tenafly, N.J 500 00 

Roger S. Baldwin, New Haven, Ct 5 00 

Mrs. Henry C. Conger, N. Y. City 25 00 

Mrs. H. E. Cobb, " 500 

Employees, Hastings Paper Co., Hastings-on-Hudson 15 00 

People of Plain View, Minn., (for Montauk Point) 25 00 

S. H. Kissam, N. Y. City 100 00 

Proceeds of Entertainment by Guests at Hotel Columbia, Belmar, N.J 96 75 

J. Archibald Murray, N. Y. City 50 00 

Miss C. C. Crosby, Poughkeepsie, N. Y 10 00 

Miss Bertha G. Brooks, Moriches, L. I 100 00 



313 

" B. B.," N. Y. City $ loo oo 

Rev. R. R. Upjohn, N. V. City 4 oo 

Mrs. S. H. Powell, Old Chatham, N. V 25 oo 

"J. \V.," Big Indian, Ulster Co., X. V 10 00 

Offerings received at Church Services at Isle la Motte, Vt 4 28 

Collected by Thos. H. Stone 2 00 

Proceeds of Doll Raffle at Hotel Brighton, Atlantic City, N.J 50 00 

"S. T. G.."Toms River, N. J 20 00 

Mrs. Mary S. Alterbury, Trenton, N.J 10 00 

A. G. Havens, N. Y. City. . .' 10 00 

Wm. Halls, Jr., L. I. City 100 00 

Summer Mission, West Part, New London, N. H 16 33 

"A. T. W.," U. S. Hotel, Saratoga Springs, N. Y 20 00 

Mrs. A. D., Brooklyn, N. Y 5 00 

Frederick E. Hyde, N. Y. City 250 00 

Mrs. Mary E. Read, Ticonderoga, N. Y 5 00 

Mrs. Margaret D. H. Sibley, Rochester, N. Y 25 00 

"A. B. E. J.," and " F. H. J.," Providence, R. 1 25 00 

H. Wolff and Employees, N. Y. City 30 00 

Collected at Susquehanna, Pa iS 70 

John Hutchinson & Sons and employees, N. Y. City 13 32 

Contributions received by N. V. Herald 215 80 

Henry R. Wood, N. Y. City 50 00 

Collection taken at M. E. Church, East Lynn, 111 341 

Wm. S. Day, Jamestown, R. 1 10 00 

Albert Crane, Stamford, Ct 100 00 

Miss M. B. Willard, Newport, R. 1 2 00 

Fred. Goldsmith, N. Y. City 3 60 

Anonymous, visitor to Camp Wikoff 5 00 

Dr. Wm. H. Draper, N. Y. City 100 00 

Fayerweather & Ladew, N. Y. City 100 00 

Proceeds of Entertainment at U. S. Plotel, Long Branch 25 25 

Master Olan N. Stein, Magnolia, Mass 10 00 

An Officer of a Michigan Regiment at Montauk Point 10 00 

Aiionymous, Montauk Point - 00 

Mrs. Mary A. Murray, Woodstock, Vt 100 00 

Collection at Water St. Mission, N. Y. City i? <J5 

Half Proceeds of Concert and Ball at Arverne-by-the-Sea, L. 1 506 50 

N. Y. Life Insurance Co 5.000 00 

Mrs. John Innes Kane, Lenox, Mass 100 00 

Jonathan Dwight, N. Y. City 100 00 

George Gudewill, " 50000 

Equitable Life Insurance Co., N. Y. City 5.000 00 

Mrs. John T. Graham, Mt. Washington, Md 5 00 

Mrs. Ella M. Judge, Brooklyn, N. Y 3 00 

DeWitt J. Seligman. N. Y. City 10 00 

G. B. Mead, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y 25 00 

Rev. Charles Lewis Biggs, N. Y. City 5 00 

W. J. Tait, Jersey City, N.J I 00 



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Proceeds of Lawn Fete given by Misses Avis M. Hull and Lillie M. Gould, 

assisted by Junior Aux. 36, Mt. Vernon $ 18 00 

Open-air Entertainment given at Cold Spring-on-Hudson 250 00 

Mrs. E. B. Sexton, N. Y. City 5 00 

Employees, Carl Upmann Cigar Manufactory, N. Y. City 18 00 

American Surety Co. of N. Y 1,000 00 

Proceeds of Lawn Party by Miss Elizabeth Armington and friends, E. Provi- 
dence, R. 1 115 15 

" E. P. C," Providence, R. 1 25 00 

Astoria Silk Works, through JV. Y. Times 50 GO 

Messrs. Oswald Lewyn, Nathan Kleinbaum, Willie Greenfield, Eddy and 

Robert Spies, through A". Y. Times 5 00 

Mrs. Joseph W. Harper, N. Y. City 100 00 

Mutual Life Ins. Co., N. Y. City 5, 000 00 

Miss Eliza G. Radike, Providence, R.I 100 00 

Employees Engineers' Dep't Standard Gas Light Co., N. Y. City 2 70 

Anonymous 25 

Proceeds of Lectures at Gilbertsville, N. Y 20 00 

Mrs. and Miss 1j 25 00 

Mrs. Edmund Titus, Scarsdale, N. Y 25 00 

Mrs. W. G. Da Lamater, Westfield, N.J 10 00 

Miss Emma L. Bridges, " " 10 00 

Cortlandt Irving, N. Y. City 10 00 

Albert L. Willis, University Heights, N. Y 5 00 

Reformed Church of Ellenville, N. Y 4 00 

Employees at Pier 4, North River 3b 50 

Readers of JV. Y. Herald 512 00 

The Patriotic Women's Relief Association of Lockport 12 00 

Osman Temple Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles, Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, 

Minn 100 00 

P. W. Ehrhard, N. Y. City 5 00 

Anonymous 15 00 

The Woodstock Co., Jersey City, N. J i 50 

Collection of Baptist S. S., Warren, R.I 14 00 

Anonymous i 00 

Chas. F. Estwick, N. Y. City 10 00 

Wm. A. Evans, " 20 00 

Francis Halpin, " 5 00 

Proceeds of Entertainment by Children, at " Hearth-Stone Inn," De Bruce, 

N. Y II GO 

John L. Riker, N. Y. City 250 00 

Three Friends 2 00 

Hugh L. Alison, Norfolk, Va 5 00 

Miss M. E. Wood, Sayville, N. Y 5 00 

Clara Barton Society of Stamford, N. Y 4 10 

Winfred Schreiner, Summit, N.J 3 25 

Mrs. John G. Walker, Wilton, N. H 50 00 

Entertainment by Children at Grey Court Inn, Stamford, N. Y 3 00 

A. N. Carter, N. Y. City 5 00 



315 

Balmville Union S. S., Newburg, N. Y 5 

Mrs. John J. O'Rorke, Hastings-on-Hudson 

Wm. Dulles, Jr., N. Y. City 

B. B. A. Masrha. " " 

Miss Abby B. Corbin, Metuchen, N.J 

"A. F. W.," N. Y. City 

Rev. Daniel A. Gibbons, N. Y. City 

Citizens of Randolph, N. Y 

Beth Emeth Soldiers' Guild of Albany, N. Y 

John I. Kane, Lenox, Mass 

Collected at Prout's Neck, Me., by Miss Bessie S. Gilbert 

Proceeds of an Entertainment by a number of Children at Arios Hall, N. Y. 

City 

Mrs. Reuben Wing Howes, Jr., N. Y. City 

Anonymous, N. Y. City 

"E.F.R.," " 

Miss Dorothy Chapman, Flushing, L. I 

Mrs. Samuel Lawrence, N. Y. City 

Miss P. C. Swords, " 

Miss E. Mcllvaine, East Orange, N. J 

**M. H." 

Defenders' Aux. Corps of Brooklyn 

Miss Louise Deshler, Sagaponack, L. I 

Chas. H . Reeves, Chattolanee, Md 

James H. Kirby, N. Y. City 

TKe Misses Abbie V. Strickland, Ethelyn G. Britton, and five other girls and 

Two Boys, Long Branch, N. J 

Mrs. Thurston, Providence, R.I 

Raised by three children — Sara and Willie Hardenbergh and Celeste Ileck- 

scher, editing a magazine, Tannersville, N. Y 

Miss Eliza A. Bulkley, Aix-Les-Bains, Paris 

Charles A. Post, N. Y. City 

Mrs. Edward W. Gilmore, Flushing, L. I 

Misses Dorothy and Ruth and Master John Baldwin, Garden City 

Misses Crawford, Brooklyn 

Greene and Flaherty, N. Y. City 

Women's War Rel. Soc, Middleville, N. Y 

Proceeds of Tableaux by Children at Monmouth Beach, N. J 

Paul Gottheil, N. Y. City 

E. S. Munger, Jr. , Glen Cove, L. I 

Mrs. M. K. Washburn, Sing Sing, N. Y 

W. H. L. Lee, N. Y. City 

Miss Jane B. Kieth, N. Y. City 

Miss Lillian V. Lynn, Boston, Mass 

H. C. Clark, Brooklyn, N. Y 

The Sunshine Club, Lenox Road, Brooklyn, N. Y 

Mrs. Lizzie B. Barry, Passaic, N. J 

Baptist S. S. of the Redeemer, N. Y. City 

Mrs. Cornelia R. Scott, Madalin, N. Y 



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Received at Supply Depot ^ 

E. T. H. Talmage (for Montauk point) 

Net Proceeds of an Outing by the Ernest Jahn Association. Brooklyn, N. ^'. . 

Robert W. De Poorest, N. Y. City 

Proceeds of a Fair by four children, at the house of Mr. Chas. Drescher, Jersey 

City Heights 

Employees of The Eastern Paving Brick Co. of Catskill, N. Y 

Result of a Chain Letter by P. H. Medler, Brooklyn 

E. C. Blanchard, Newport, Vt 

Employees of The Albany Produce Co., Ravena, N. Y 

of C. H. Evans & Sons, Hudson, N. Y 

Collected by Mrs. L. A. Cocheron, Brooklyn, N. Y 

Proceeds of Sale of North Side Club House at Van Cortlandt Lake and balance 

in hand from dues 

Collected at West Shore Round House, Ravena, N. Y 

Citizens of Waco, Texas 

Long Island R. R. Ferry Employees, L. I. City 

Employees, Rossman Knitting Co., Stockport, N. Y 

Rose McK. Nevin, Jersey City Heights 

Employees, Inman Mfg. Co. , Amsterdam, N. Y 

C. H. & F. H. Stott, Stottville, N. Y 

" Amsterdam Carpet Works, Amsterdam, N. Y 

Samuel Wilde's Sons, N. Y. City 

Thomas Davidson , " 

Employees, The Solvay Process Co., Syracuse, N. Y 

Esther E. Libmann, N. Y. City 

Employees, Church & D wight Co., Syracuse, N. Y 

Solvay Circle King's Daughters, " 

Employees, Syracuse Tube Co., Syracuse, N. Y 

W. J. Millard, Frankfort, N. Y 

Margaret D'Orleans, Rome, N. Y 

Delos Brower, Johnstown, N, Y 

W. W. Lindsay, Amsterdam, N. Y 

Employees, Aldridge Bros. & Co., Dutchess Jet., N. Y 

" Hewitt & Hillock, Johnstown, N. Y 

Reader of N. V. Herald, N. Y. City 

Eighty-six Employees, Ireland Bros., Jolinstown, N. Y 

Employees, Brockport Piano Mfg. Co., Brockport 

Employees, J. H. Decker, .Son & Co., Johnstown, N. Y 

J . Thomas, Lockport, N. Y 

Oliver Bros. , " 

Employees, Remington Arms Co., Ilion, N. Y 

Children of Champernam Hotel, Kittery Point, N. Y 

Employees, H. M. Quackenbush, Herkimer, N. Y 

" Trap Factory, Oneida Community, Ltd 

Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt, Brooklyn, N. Y 

St. Paul's Mem'l Church, Upper Providence, Pa 

Junior Society First Baptist Church, Omaha, Neb 

Olivet Literary Society, N. Y. City 



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Employees, National Casket Co., Rochester, N. Y $ 

" Phillips & Clark Stove Co., Geneva 

" Geneva Preserving Co., " 

Shortsville Wheel Co 

Mrs. Edward W. Allen, Brooklyn, N. Y 

Employees, Standard Optical Co., Geneva, N. Y 

A. P. Snyder Bicycle \Vks.. Little Falls, X. Y 

F. F. Parker, Canastota, N. Y 

Miss Helen Berry, Denver, Col 

Asbestos Burial Casket Co., Lowville, N. Y 

" S. B.," N. Y. City 

Hunter Arms Co., Fulton, N. Y 

Employees, Cooper Bros., Cortland, N. Y' 

" Bayless Bros., Binghamton, N. Y' 

F. La Motte, Lestershire, N. Y 

Employees of Stickley and Brandt Chair Co., Binghamton 

James B. Weed & Co. , • " 

Employees, Independent Match Co., " 

Binghamton Wagon Co., " 

" King Harness Co., Oswego, N. Y 

Sayre Butter Package Co., Waverly, N. Y 

Union Hardware Co. , Union, N. Y 

Mrs. J. F. Kessiter, N. \'. City 

Tanners' Nail Co., Hornellsville, N. Y' 

McEwen Bros. , Wellsville, N. Y 

Employees of Geneva Wagon Co., Geneva, N. Y 

C. E, Morey, Utica, N. Y 

Employees, W. N, Y. & P. Shops, Clean, N. Y 

Luther Mfg. Co., " 

W^ C. A. Quirier, " 

Warren Baptist Sunday-School, Warren, R. I 

Employees, Taggart's Paper Co., Felts Mills, N. Y 

Cayuta Wheel and Foundry Co., Sayre, Pa 

R. E. Chapin Mfg. Co., Batavia, N. Y 

" C. Moench & Sons, Cattaraugus, N. Y 

H. C. Dexter's Chair Factory, Black River, N. Y 

" Gasnsslen, Fisher & Co., Gowanda, N. Y" 

Ridgway Dynamo & Engine Co., Ridgway, I'a 

Arthur Wood, Newburgh, N. Y 

Employees, J. G. Wilson, Olean, N. Y 

Samuel G. Maxwell, Titusville, Pa 

Oil Creek Oil Co., " 

Employees, Genesee Tannery', Wellesville, N. Y 

" Ajax Iron Works, Cony, Pa 

Falls Creek Tannery, Falls Creek, Pa 

Carlson, Bloomquist & Snow, Jamestown, N. Y 

Struthers, Wells & Co., Warren, Pa 

" Bailey, Jones & Co., Jamestown, Pa 

" A. D. Reed, Punxsutawney, Pa 



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Employees, DuBois Iron Works, DuBois, Pa 

Standard Oil Co. of N. Y., Olean, N. Y 

Auxiliary No. i. — First N. Y. Ambulance Red Cross Equipment Society. 

3.— Maintenance of Trained Nurses 

4. — Yonkers, N. Y 

5. — The Metcalf Bliss Cot Equipment 

6. — Columbia University 

7.— N. Y. C. Chap. D. A, R 

8. — Council of Jewish Women 

9. — Hartford, Ct 

10. — Ice Plant Auxiliary 

12. — Soldiers' Field Hospital 

14. — Morristown, N.J 

15. — Green Twigs, Flushing, L. I 

16. — Litchfield, Conn 

17. — First Pennsylvania Red Cross Aux. of Pittsburgh 

18. — Miscellaneous Auxiliary .~ 

19. — Through Laundry Plant Auxiliary : 

Jay Laugdon «S: Co., N. Y. City $50 00 

Smith, Hogg & Gardner, " 

J. H. Lane & Co., " 

Sweetser, Pembrook & Co. , " 

McKesson & Robbins, " 

Schiefifelin & Co, , " 

Elizabeth Trowbridge Martin 50 00 

Henry W. Hayden, N. Y. City 25 00 

W. P. Clyde, " 50 00 

Joseph Eastman, " 25 00 

Mrs. E. K. Trowbridge, " 520 

Mrs. George Roberts Blanchard, N. Y. City 10 00 
L. F. Whitin, West New Brighton, S. L. . 10 00 

G. Parmlee 10 00 

Miss M. Thayer 5 00 



P 4 25 

4 80 

32,788 48 

26,555 63 

300 00 

22,931 00 

6,769 35 

900 00 

400 00 

4,305 00 

25.524 36 

1,905 17 

1,196 84 

593 12 

708 10 

6,000 00 

143 58 



50 00 
25 00 
25 00 
50 00 
50 00 



Raymond L. Ward, N. Y. City , 

George Ehret, " 

Jacob Ruppert, " 

George Ringler & Co., " 

Bernheimer & Schmid, " 

Beadleston & Woerz, " 

Peter Doelger, " 

The Henry Elias Brewing Co., N. Y. City. 
Neidlinger & Sons, " 

Clausen & Price Brewing Co. " 

Conrad Stein, 

John Kress Brewing Co., " 
H. Clausen & Son Brewing Co., " 
Kip's Bay Brewing Co., " 
The F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co.," 
Amount carried forward 



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319 

Amount brought forward $ l.oio '^ 

The George IJechtel Brewing Co., Staple- 
ton, S. 1 25 oo 

Rubsam & Hormann Brewing Co., Staple- 
ton, S. 1 25 00 

Howard & Childs, N. Y. City 25 00 

The F. C. Lyman Co., " 25 00 

Russell & Rees, " 25 00. 

The John Eichler Brewing Co., X. V. City 25 00 

Joel Wheeler & Co 50 00 

The Claus, Lipsius Brewing Co.. Brook- 
lyn, N. Y 25 00 

S. Liebmann & Sons' Brewing Co., Brook- 
lyn, N. Y 25 00 

M. Seitz, Brooklyn, N. Y 25 00 

Congress Brewing Co., Ltd., N. Y. City. .. 25 00 
The New York & Brooklyn Brewing Co., 

N. Y. City 25 00 

The Excelsior Brewing Co., N. Y. City. . . 25 00 
George Schmitt, " ... 25 00 

Mr. Robertson Trowbridge 25 00 

Thejacob Hoffman Brewing Co., N.Y. City 25 00 
The India Wharf Brewing Co., Brooklyn, 

N. Y 25 00 

Flannagan, Nay & Co., N. Y. City 50 00 

David Mayer Brewing Co., " 10 00 

The J. Chr. G. Hupfel Brewing Co., N. Y. 

City ^5 00 

1,505 00 

Auxiliary No. 21.— Hazleton, Pa 305 

" 22.— Land and Sea Auxiliary 1,50000 

" " 23. — New Brighton, S. I 

" " 24. — Princeton, N. J ^ 

.< 26.— Sewickley, Pa "^ ^ 

" 28.— The Fort Stanwix Auxiliary , 20960 

" 2Q.— Fairfield, Ct '^i" 

■KT • -i. 1^ .... 20 00 

" " 30. — Norwich, Kan 

<• 31. — New Brighton, Beaver Co., Pa 5000 

• < "2.— Grace Parish Laundry 3° 

. , D 100 00 

" 33.-Alhens, Pa 

.. 34.— Canandaigua, N. Y •*=>' 

" 35.— Eau Claire, Wis '■*5''* 

" -,6 —Mount Vernon, N. V '^ 

. r 26 00 

" " -17. — Elmhurst, L. 1 

■'^ ^ , ,. „. ,T 150 00 

" 38.— Dublin, N. H ^ 

I War Emergency Relief Board, Cleveland Boo 00 

" '^°-~]sub-Au.xiliaryof Warren, Ohio '"'' ^ 

^ r- . . . I(X3 00 

" " 4.1. — New Canaan, Conn 

.' .' 42.-Flatbash, L. 1 '-^50 50 



320 

Auxiliary No. 44. — North Shore, L. I., Auxiliary $ 547 38 

" 47. — First R. I. Auxiliary 68 13 

" " 49. — Kiiiderhook, N. Y 40 00 

" " 52. — The Rhode Islander Red Cross Auxiliary 10 00 

" " 54. — Pottstown, Pa 64 70 

" 55- — Emporia, Kan 85 00 

" " 56. — Frederick, Md 30 00 

" " 57. — Lenox, Mass 44 98 

" 58— Caldwell, N. J 725 

" " 60. — Saugerties, N. Y 52 00 

" 62. — Bridgeport, Conn 68 25 

" 63.— Suffolk Co., L. 1 5600 

" " 64. — Staatsburg, N. Y 2800 

" 65. — Otsego Co., N. Y 2 22 

" " 66. — Plymouth Church, Worcester, Mass 23S 85 

Worcester Branch, W^orcester, Mass., through Edward J. 

McMahon, Treas 26S go 

" 67. — Oyster Bay, L. 1 2S1 36 

" 68.— Cranford, N. J S49 45 

" " 69. — Loyal Friends 43 25 

" " 70. — London, Ohio 60 00 

" " 72. — Richmond Hill, L. 1 50 00 

" " 74. — Telegraph and Signal Corps 65 00 

" 75. — Platteville, Vv'is 30 00 

" 76.— Walden, N. Y 18672 

" " 78. — Toledo, Ohio 5 00 

" " 79. — Lovington, 111 15 00 

" " 80. — New Brunswick, N.J 100 00 

" " 81. — Kansas City, Kan 4 80 

" " 84. — Hammond, Ind 15 25 

" " 85. — Holdrege, Neb 159 50 

" " 88. — Evanston, 111 225 00 

" " 89. — Montclair, N. J 225 00 

" " 90. — Lyons, N. Y 40 00 

" " 92. — Marshall, Mich 20 75 

Astoria Red Cross Aid Society - 146 30 

Red Cross Auxiliary of Oil City, Pa 230 00 

Winchester, Mass., Auxiliary 30 00 

Red Cross Auxiliary of Norwich, Ct 2,021 00 

" " Society of Seattle, Wash 500 00 




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